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Allan Ramsay, the Poet - Statue and House

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The poet Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) has a very prominent statue in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh with the castle as background. Another view at EdinPhoto. Details of statue.

Behind him is the area just below the castle where he built a house - the white buildings in the second picture. This group of buildings called Ramsay Garden dates from 1893 and was built around Ramsay's house (full daylight picture at EdinPhoto - Ramsay's house is the octagonal building in the picture).

More about Allan Ramsay at RampantScotland
More about Allan Ramsay at Wikipedia
More about Ramsay Garden

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