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The Heart of Midlothian

Royal Mile, Edinburgh

A heart in the cobbles where people still spit for luck.

Outside St Giles' Cathedral, a heart shape set into the cobbles marks the doorway of the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh's grim old prison, where public executions took place. The building was demolished in 1817.

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When
Old Tolbooth demolished 1817
Where
55.9496, -3.1909
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

On the Royal Mile, beside St Giles' Cathedral.

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