Royal Victoria Hospital, Craigleith Road
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Royal Victoria Hospital, Craigleith Road
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 27 May 2009
An elaborate sculpture of the Royal Coat of Arms over the gable entrance to the administrative block of the hospital, built in 1903. The sanatorium for TB sufferers opened in 1894 and later treated casualties from the Great War, some of whom are buried in the adjacent cemetery.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.959163
Longitude
-3.230722