St Mary's Chapel, Dalkeith Park
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St Mary's Chapel, Dalkeith Park
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 18 Jun 2009
The church, built as a private chapel for the Duke of Buccleuch in 1845, made headlines in May 1913 when a bomb was discovered, presumed to have been planted by local militant suffragettes. A similar bomb exploded days later at Edinburgh's Blackford Hill Observatory. No arrests were made.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.898168
Longitude
-3.065026