Arthur’s Seat

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extinct volcano hill landmark tourist attraction

Arthur’s Seat is an ancient volcanic hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, that forms the main peak of Holyrood Park and offers panoramic views over the city.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Arthur’s Seat canonical	27
Arthur's Seat	13
Arthur’s Seat volcanic complex	4
Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags Site of Special Scientific Interest	1
Arthur’s Seat summit	1
Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	extinct volcano ⓘ hill ⓘ landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
age	Carboniferous period origin ⓘ
associatedWith	Arthurian legend ⓘ
category	Mountains and hills of Edinburgh ⓘ Volcanoes of Scotland ⓘ
city	Edinburgh ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
elevation	251 metres ⓘ 823 feet ⓘ
formedBy	volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	volcanic ⓘ
hasAccessPoint	Dunsapie Loch ⓘ Holyrood Park Road ⓘ St Margaret’s Loch ⓘ
hasFeature	crags ⓘ footpaths ⓘ grassy slopes ⓘ rocky summit ⓘ
hasViewOf	Edinburgh Castle ⓘ New Town ⓘ surface form: New Town of Edinburgh Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn	Holyrood Park ⓘ
location	Edinburgh ⓘ
managedBy	Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly derived from King Arthur ⓘ
near	Calton Hill ⓘ Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ surface form: Holyrood Palace Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
nearestLargeBodyOfWater	Firth of Forth ⓘ
offersViewOf	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh city centre Firth of Forth ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh cityscape Holyrood Park ⓘ
popularFor	hiking ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ walking ⓘ
protectedArea	Holyrood Park ⓘ
region	Lothian ⓘ
touristPopularity	high ⓘ
usedFor	educational field trips ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ
visibleFrom	many parts of Edinburgh ⓘ
volcanicStatus	extinct ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palace of Holyroodhouse → nearby → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Kinghorn → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Holyrood Abbey → hasNearbyLandmark → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Holyrood Park → hasPart → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Holyrood Park → hasHighestPoint → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Calton Hill → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Glasgow and Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

subject surface form: Edinburgh

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Royal Mile → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Holyrood → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Holyrood → overlookedBy → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Holyrood → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Newington, Edinburgh → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Salisbury Place, Edinburgh → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Meadowbank Stadium → locatedNear → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Old Town → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh

Arthur’s Seat coffins → locatedIn → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Arthur’s Seat coffins → discoveredOn → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh

Arthur’s Seat coffins → associatedWith → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Salisbury Crags → partOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat volcanic complex

Salisbury Crags → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Salisbury Crags → formsPartOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags Site of Special Scientific Interest

Dunsapie Loch → partOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat volcanic complex

Dunsapie Loch → near → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat summit

Hunter’s Bog → partOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat volcanic complex

Hunter’s Bog → liesBelow → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Hunter’s Bog → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Whinny Hill → partOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur’s Seat volcanic complex

Whinny Hill → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

St Anthony’s Chapel ruins → locatedNear → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Holyrood Park Road → providesAccessTo → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Holyrood Park Road → hasNearbyLandmark → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Holyrood Park Road → hasScenicViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

National Monument of Scotland → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Nelson Monument → offersViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

City Observatory → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Old Royal High School → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

St Margaret’s Loch → locatedAtFootOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

St Margaret’s Loch → hasNearbyAttraction → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

St Margaret’s Loch → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Duddingston → locatedNear → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Duddingston → hasLandscapeFeature → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Duddingston → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur's Seat

Am Mìle Rìoghail → hasNearbyLandmark → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Dùn Èideann → hasFeature → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ

Palace of Holyroodhouse gardens → hasViewOf → Arthur’s Seat ⓘ