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Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall Guided Tour

This virtual tour takes you around Edinburgh's fascinating Flodden and Telfer Walls. We like to call it an 'Interactive Guided Tour' because it is really so much more than a simple virtual tour! This is a multimedia approach to a usually forgotten part of Edinburgh's history.

Unlike York or Chester, many visitors don't realise that Edinburgh still has some of it's medieval walls left. There are large sections left and the story of the Flodden and Telfer Walls is one which gives you a great understanding of Edinburgh's history itself. The actual walk aroudis only around 20 minutes but we ensure that you'll take a little longer and truly soak in the details. Why rush around missing things when you can explore with knowledge and understanding?

What You Get

When you buy this product you will be sent a well packaged CD-ROM in a DVD case. This contains your CD-ROM. Each of our CD-ROMs are copied by ourselves and individually tested before we ship them. They come presented with a printed glossy label. The DVD case comes with a professionally printed inserted cover. Our CD-ROMs are sold in shops throughout the United Kingdom and we hope our quality comes across to you.

Features

• over 40 panoramic scenes each with 'full screen' capability
• exciting tours which tell you about Edinburgh's history
• important locations are covered
• visit the world famous Greyfriars Kirkyard
• guided tour consists of detailed, interesting text and accompanying audio
• guided tour acts as the perfect accompaniment to an actual visit to the site
• scene is linked to an archive map
• the perfect way to explore an almost forgotten part of Edinburgh's historic past

Flodden Wall Guided Tour 1
The Flodden and King's Walls

Edinburgh Castle acts as a superb starting point for our first guided tour and we go down to the base of the Castle Crag to the site of the start of the early King's Wall. From there we go on to the famous Grassmarket, one-time haunt of Burke and Hare, and on to the only remaining tower in the Vennel. We will explore the remains of the Flodden Wall in the world-famous Greyfriars Kirkyard and learn about the tragedy of the Covenanter prisoners who were kept in a yard between the Flodden and Telfer Walls.

Flodden Wall Guided Tour 2
The Telfer Wall

In our next tour we will go back to the Vennel and follow the Telfer Wall until it rejoins with its larger forerunner at the old Bristo Port. We will finish at the Potterrow Port.

Flodden Wall Guided Tour 3
The Flodden Wall, Nor' Loch and the Well-House Tower

Our third and final tour heads along past the Old Quadrangle of Edinburgh University and across the South Bridge. We will learn about the medieval Kirk O'Fields Church and find out about the murder of Henry, Lord Darnley - husband to Mary, Queen of Scots. After passing the site where his body was found we will pass the locations of towers and blockhouses before walking down past one of the best preserved stretches of the defences of Edinburgh on our way to the Cowgate.

Our guided tour now takes us up towards Edinburgh's famous "Royal Mile". We will learn about the 'Lang Siege' of Edinburgh under the Regent Morton and the Jacobite surprise attack on the Netherbow Port. Our tour of the historic defences of Edinburgh may be over now are still two really interesting places to explore - the site of the Nor' Loch and the Well-House Tower. Our tour finishes back at Edinburgh Castle.

See some screenshots from our panoramic images at the Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall Guided Tour Screenshot Gallery Page.

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(Panoramic scene from our "Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall Guided Tour". Use your mouse to control this scene. Double click to access the 'full screen' feature.)

(Video preview of our "Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall Guided Tour" CD-ROM)

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(Click the 'play' button to see a slideshow of screenshots from our "Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall Guided Tour" CD-ROM)

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(Our "Edinburgh's History - The Flodden Wall" CD-ROM cover)

You may also be interested in the following Interactive Guided Tours;

The Edinburgh's History Collection - Interactive Guided Tours of Edinburgh's Old Town and other Edinburgh topics.

The City Walls Collection - Interactive Guided Tours of the town walls around York, Chester and Berwick-upon-Tweed.