Dalkeith Estate!Its place in history, from the Iron Age to the Microchip Age is clear from the moment you step through the gates.
Strike off into the woods on the right and you find yourself in Monk's Walk. Treading the favourite walk of General Monke - can you see him discussing the Government of Scotland with his commander Oliver Cromwell under the shade of these trees?
Stroll among the ancient oak trees of the Old Wood.
Can you hear the clash of steel and the
screams of the horses as the Highland army was butchered by Somersets
troops after the battle of Pinkie
in 1547. The whole estate echoes with the laughter and tears of generations
of people who lived, loved, worked and
died on this
very ground.
