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Recordist's notes
London Road Gardens (formerly Royal Terrace Gardens) are one of the collection of New Town Gardens located close to the city centre of Edinburgh in the New Town, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995. They occupy a long strip of land from east to west along the lower northern slope of Calton Hill, with an area of 4.37 hectares (10.8 acres). The gardens are notable for their large, old trees including limes and some fine, surviving elms, also spring flowers, particularly daffodils. (Birds chirping, traffic in the background) Zoom H6 + XYH-6 mic + Dead cat for wind.
About the place
Edinburgh is a city of about 514,990 people in Scotland, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 21 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H6. A six-track recorder with interchangeable capsules and four XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Abbeymount, Edinburgh EH7 5DX, UK - London Road Gardens” by SunsetCreeps – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0