Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg is a Town in the county of Midlothian.
Bonnyrigg postcode: EH19 2DA
There are great places to visit near Bonnyrigg.
Bonnyrigg History
There are some historic monuments around Bonnyrigg:
- Newton Church,church,enclosures and field system Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: enclosure SM5441
- Newbyres Castle Secular: castle SM5652
- Melville Grange,homestead and pit alignments 600m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4592
- Brunstane, moated site 50m NNE of Secular: homestead moat SM10580
- Galachlaw,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3988
- Liberton, standing stone, E end of Ravenswood Avenue Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1156
- Dalkeith,choir of Collegiate Kirk of St Nicholas,parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1188
- Cockpen,old parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1186
- Edinburgh Castle/Caisteal Dhùn Èideann 20th Century Military and Related: Artillery mount; Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: artillery mount SM90130
- Newton,pit alignment 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5706
- Newton,pit alignment 600m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5705
- Whitebog Farm, enclosure 450m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6230
- Elginhaugh,Roman fort,annexe and bathhouse 200m NE of Roman: annexe SM5684
- Midfield House,settlement 200m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6239
- Easter Cowden, enclosures Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6209
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6265
- Carrington Barns,enclosure 500m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6259
- Lawfield,enclosure 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6339
- Rosslyn Chapel, burial ground, buried remains of nave and remains of St Matthew Ecclesiastical: church SM6458
- Brunstane,enclosure 250m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4112
- Eastfield,enclosures and pit alignments,Old Craighall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6020
- Newton,pit alignment 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5704
- Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13607
- Hardengreen,enclosure 300m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6335
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Drummond Street to Pleasance Secular: town wall SM3013
- Easter Cowden, enclosure 200m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6210
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place Secular: town wall SM2901
- Capielaw, enclosed settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6266
- Craigmillar Castle,castle and gardens Industrial: mines, quarries; Secular: castle SM90129
- Newton,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5729
- Niddrie, standing stone 65m SSE of 160 Greendykes Road Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM13589
- Loquhariot,fort 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6260
- St Mary's Chapel,chapel 250m ENE of Mount Lothian Ecclesiastical: chapel SM6333
- Fuffet Wood,enclosure and cropmarks 100m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6267
- Highwood House,enclosure 800m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6257
- Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art; Secular: cave SM6825
- Westpans,potteries Industrial: pottery SM5116
- Monktonhall Junction,Roman camps and prehistoric settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Roman: camp SM3610
- Chalkieside,enclosure 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6205
- Chalkieside, enclosure 600m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6211
- Chalkieside, enclosure 400m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6212
- Leith Links, artillery mounds Secular: artillery mount SM1195
- Old Woodhouselee Castle Secular: castle SM5607
- Smeaton Bridge,pit alignment 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5672
- Home Farm,enclosure 300m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6038
- Inveresk House,Roman civil settlement,Inveresk Roman: civil settlement SM1182
- Temple, Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church SM1191
- Blackford Hill, fort and settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5818
- Inveresk,Roman civil settlement W of Inveresk Gate Roman: civil settlement SM3293
- Stonefieldhill Farm,henge 500m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM6258
- Holyrood Abbey, precinct and associated remains Ecclesiastical: abbey; Secular: palace SM13031
- Lasswade old parish church Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM5673
- Newbattle Abbey, abbey church, cloisters and associated buildings Ecclesiastical: abbey SM1190
- Inveresk,Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: civil settlement SM3285
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6264
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Johnston Terrace to Grassmarket Secular: town wall SM3012
- Rectilinear enclosure 80m SW of Kilronan Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6203
- Chalkieside Quarry, enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6213
- Castle Steads,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5708
- Elginhaugh,Roman camp,native fort and palisaded enclosure 600m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Roman: camp SM6202
- Portobello,Harbour Road,pottery kilns Industrial: pottery SM3317
- Catherine Lodge, Roman settlement & field system 205m NNW to 585m SE of Roman: civil settlement SM3612
- Gowkshill,enclosure 300m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6337
- Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6263
- Monktonhall Junction, Neolithic cursus 150m N of Whitecraig Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM13318
- Castlesteads Park,ring ditches Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM5707
- Mountmarle,cairn 260m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1159
- Rosslyn Castle, Roslin Secular: garden SM1208
- Lawfield Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6338
- Gowkshill,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6336
- Eskgrove, Roman civil settlement 40 m N of Roman: altar SM3267
- Holyrood Park Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces; Secular: Royal Park SM13032
- Pinkiehill,field system 300m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM3611
- Camp Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1164
- St Triduana's Aisle,chapel and wellhouse Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90133
History of Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg lies on the B704 (High Street)/(Dundas Street) and the A6094 (Polton Street)/(Lothian Street) which cross at Bonnyrigg Toll. The most frequent bus service is the Lothian Buses service 31 which goes from East Craigs in the west of Edinburgh via Princes Street, passing Bonnyrigg Toll every 10 minutes at peak times and terminating alternately at Hopefield and Polton. The X31 service runs from Haymarket in Edinburgh to Rosewell via Bonnyrigg Toll and Hopefield. Lothian Buses service 49 from The Jewel (ASDA) to Rosewell and East Coast Buses service 140 from Musselburgh to Penicuik also serve the town. The opening of the Borders Railway in September 2015 has re-connected Bonnyrigg to the national rail network via a station one mile away at Eskbank. For walkers the Penicuik-Dalkeith Walkway passes close by, and for cyclists National Cycle Route 1 plus NCN 196 pass through the town.