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St Margaret's Loch, Holyrood Park
St Margaret's Loch is a shallow man-made loch to the south of Queen's Drive. It is around 500m east of Holyrood Palace, and about 100m north of the ruin of St Anthony's Chapel. Once a boggy, marshland, the loch was formed in 1856 as part of Prince Albert's improvement plans for the area surrounding the palace. The loch has been used as a boating pond but is now home to a large population of ducks, geese, and swans.
by N Chadwick
Created: Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Updated: Tue, 26 Apr 2011
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