Identifier: antiquitiesofgre01hear (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of Great Britain, : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing.
Year: 1807 (1800s)
Authors: Hearne, Thomas, 1744-1817 Byrne, William, 1743-1805
Subjects: Monasteries Castles Architecture
Publisher: London: : Printed by J. Phillips... and published by the proprietors T. Hearne and W. Byrne
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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St. Anthony's Chapel. Drawn in 1778 by Thomas Hearne. The Monastery of the Knights Templars of St. Anthony, and the Chapel with the Hermitage dedicated to the fame patron, were situated at a confiderable distance from each other: the former was erected north-west from the present church of South Leith, upon the west side of the alley still called St. Anthonys Wynd : and the latter were situated on a considerable height, on the north side of Arthurs Seat, in the Kings Park at Edinburgh, The Chapel of St. Anthony, which is principally the subject of the Print, is situated 27 feet to the eastward of the Hermitage, and somewhat higher on the edge of the hill, which renders the Hermitage invisible from the spot where this view was taken. From this elevated situation you command a very extensive and finely varied prospect, that is at once highly pleasing and terrific, having to the west the Abbey and Place of Holy-rood, with the City and Castle of Edinburgh, and to the north and north-west,the Town and harbour of Leith, with the Firth of forth and County of Fife;

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