While we were in Edinburgh visiting Parliament we took a lovely walk along the bottom of Arthur’s Seat, however, many of you were unaware that this is what it was called. I would like you to research a little bit about Arthur’s Seat and why it got its name and write me a short paragraph to tell me about it. 20 House Points available for paragraphs with plenty of detail. đ
Arthur’s seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh, This forms most of Holyrood Park. This Mountain is located around 1 mile away from Edinburgh Castle! Sometimes it is said that it’s name comes from King Arthur.
Arthur’s seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland. The elevation is 251m tall! The easiest route to get to the top is hillwalking. It is sometimes said that it’s name came from ‘King’ Arthur. Arthur’s seat is the largest of the three parts in the volcano named Arthur’s seat volcano site. The mountain is about 1 mile away from Edinburgh castle.
Arthur’s seat used to be called Height of Arrows.It is an extinct volcano which last erupted 340 million years ago. It is at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. In 1836 seventeen tiny coffins were found on the cliff, no one knows how they got there,inside there were wooden figures.
Arthur’s seat
Arthur’s seat is the main mounting in Edinburgh, Scotland which is formed mostly on Holyrood park. It is just on the east of the city centre, about 1 mile from Edinburgh castle. The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m which helps tourist have excellent views of the city. It helps because it is relatively easy to climb and is popular for hillwalking. It is sometimes said that its name is derived from legends pertaining to King Arthur, such as the reference in Y Gododdin. Some support for this may be provided by several other hilltop and mountaintop features in Britain which bear the same or similar names, such as the peak of Ben Arthur in the western highlands, sometimes known as Arthur’s Seat, and Arthur’s Chair on the ridge called Stone Arthur in the Cumbrian lake district. There is no traditional Scottish Gaelic name for Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, but William Maitland proposed that the name was a corruption of Ărd-na-Said, implying the “Height of Arrows”, which over the years became Arthur’s Seat.
Facts
1. It’s an ancient volcano
2. Calton Hill is a displaced fragment of the Arthurâs Seat volcano.
3.Around the same time as the Arthurâs Seat volcano was active other volcanoes formed such as the Craiglockhart Hills, the Bathgate Hills and Corston Hill.
The origin of the name Arthur’s seat is uncertain but many believe that many ancient hillforts were found and its was a place of lots of fighting.
There is a local legend that Arthur’s seat used to be a dragon.This dragon used to fly around the region eating livestock(animals like cows ,pigs and sheep).Finally it ate so much it became slow and fat and one day it went down for sleep and never woke up again -this is now the hill we call Arthur seat.
Arthur’s seat has a couple of legends about how it got the name.One of them is that it was the site of a legendary Camelot, The home of King Arthur and his noble Knights.The other one is suggested by William Maitland, Who said that the name was from the Scots Gallic, Ărd-na-said, meaning height of arrows.
Another fact about the hill is that there was mini coffins found in the hill but it hasn’t been discovered why or how they got there.
Arthurs seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh Scotland which from most of Holyrood park described by Robert louis Stevenson as a hill
The height is 251 m ( 823 ft)
size 186 (610 ft)
coordinates 55 56 39 n 3 09 43 w
Arthur’s seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park. It is sometimes said that its name is derived from legends pertaining to King Arthur. It was described by Robert Louis Stevenson as ‘a hill for magnitude, a mountain’. â°
Arthur’s seat is a massive volcano.Now most people walk on top of Arthur’s seat .It also sits at 251m above sea level giving an excellent view of the city. This is one of four hill forts dating from around 2000 years ago. It is also site of special interest.đ
I found out that Arthur’s seat erupted 350 million years ago and that the reason is uncertain but people have found many hillforts which suggest that their were many battles their. Most people believe that it gets it’s name from a coronation of someone named Ard- na Said “the height of arrows”. Their is a local legend that say’s that the hill used to be a dragon that would fly around breathing fire and feeding on people and it stated to become slow and fat one day the dragon lay down for a sleep and never woke up and became Arthur’s seat. Arthur’s seat is 250.5 m (822 ft) high.
Arthurs seat is a main mountain in Edinbrugh and it is in Holyrood park.
Some fabulous answers so far primary 6!
Arthur’s seat stand’s at 251m tall and form’s most of Holyrood palace and Is the main mountain in Edinburgh and is named after King Arthur
Arthurâs seat is a large hill or mountain which was formed by a extinct volcano system. Some people believe that it got its name from king Arthur himself, but on the other hand a man called William Maitland believed that the name came from the phrase meaning âheight of Arrowsâ, Ărd-na-Said!â this then through time has now become âArthurs seat.â
of, implying the “Height of Arrows”, which over the years became Arthur’s Seat (perhaps via “Archer’s Seat”).
Arthurâs seat is a large hill or mountain which was formed by a extinct volcano system. Some people believe that it got its name from king Arthur himself, but on the other hand a man called William Maitland believed that the name came from the phrase meaning âheight of Arrowsâ, Ărd-na-Said!â this then through time has now become âArthurs seat.â
of, implying the “Height of Arrows”, which over the years became Arthur’s Seat (perhaps via “Archer’s Seat”).
It is said that its name comes from King Arthur. Support for this may be provided by other hilltop and mountaintop in Britain which have the same or similar names, such as the peak of Ben Arthur who is the Cobbler in the western highlands and sometimes known as Arthur’s Seat and Arthur’s Chair on the ridge called Stone Arthur in the Cumbrian lake district.
Arthurs Seat is located in Holyrood Park to the east of the royal mile in Edinburgh . Arthurs Seat is about 823 foot high and is formed from a volcano which is believed to have first erupted some 350 years ago. The origin of the name Arthurs Seat is uncertain, but some people think the name is derived from legends pertaining to King Arthur. There is a local legend that Arthur’s seat used to be a dragon. This dragon used to fly around the region breathing fire and making off with livestock to eat. Eventually it ate so much that it become slow and fat. One day it sat down to sleep and never woke up again!
Arthur’s Seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh which forms most of Holyrood park. It was described by Robert Louis Stevenson as “a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design”. Arthur’s Seat is the largest of the three parts of the Arthur’s Seat Volcano. Arthur’s Seat sits 251m above sea level giving an excellent view of the city. From some angles people believe Arthur’s Seat looks like a crouching lion. People are allowed to walk up Arthur’s Seat. The name “Arthur’s Seat” is sometimes said to come from the legends of King Arthur.
Arthur’s seat is the main mountain in Edinburgh witch form most of Holyrood park.
There are many rumours as to how the hill got its name but no one knows for certain the origin of it. Some say that it was the site for the legendary Camelot, the home of King Arthur and his noble Knights.
Location Edinburgh, Scotland
Arthurâs seat erupted 350 million years ago
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