Edinburgh Castle stands on Arthur's Seat what was Arthur's seat ?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

There is no traditional Scottish Gaelic name for Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, but William Maitland proposed that the name was a corruption of Àrd-na-Said, implying the "Height of Arrows", which over the years became Arthur's Seat (perhaps via "Archer's Seat").

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