A Treasure Hunt: Finding the Trinity Stones

A Treasure Hunt: Finding the Trinity Stones

In this episode we head out to find lost stones from a church built in the 1400s which are now scattered across the city. When the church was demolished to make way for Waverley Station, the Council left stones piled on Calton Hill for 30 years. During this time many disappeared and a project funded by the Old Edinburgh Club is now finding where they went.

Join me with historians, Hetty Lancaster and Jill Harrison as I learn more about the church, the stones and we head out to see what we can find.

The podcast starts at the church built with only a third of the original stones, The Trinity Apse (NB you cannot currently go inside): HERE.

We also view stones in the courtyard of the Museum of Edinburgh: HERE

And others in Greyfriars Kirkyard: HERE

You can also see more at the National Museum of Scotland: HERE

The Trinity Stones website: https://www.revivingthetrinitystones.co.uk/

The link to the crowdfunding: https://www.gofundme.com/f/revive-the-trinity-stones-a-precious-part-of-old-edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club website: https://oldedinburghclub.org.uk/

Hetty's History Walks website: https://www.hettyshistorywalks.co.uk/

The Trinity Project: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/trinitynetwork/the-trinity-network-who-are-we/

Read more on my Substack: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/p/edinburgh-outdoors-podcast

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