Abbey Strand
The short approach to Holyrood Palace. One of the buildings on the north side is the house of Lucky Spence, a notorious brothel madam, remembered in Allan Ramsay's poem, "Lucky Spence's Last Advice." On the south side is the Queen's Gallery and the remains of the gatehouse of Holyrood Palace built by James IV, with the coat-of-arms of James V set in the wall.
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“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
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