Ratho
Ratho is a Village in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Ratho postcode: EH28 8RS
There are great places to visit near Ratho including some great cities and shopping centres.
There are a several good cities in the area around Ratho like Edinburgh.
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Ratho like St James Quarter.
Ratho History
There are some historic monuments around Ratho:
- Camp Hill, fort 300m N of Braidwood Bridge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1163
- Lennox Tower Secular: tower SM6200
- Cammo,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM6189
- Staneyhill Tower Secular: castle SM1911
- Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage 20th Century Military and Related: Magazines SM13686
- Earl Cairnie or Harlow Cairn,cairn,The Warrens Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1899
- Howlet's House,towerhouse and enclosures Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: enclosure SM5682
- Easter Norton,standing stone 280m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1154
- Kaimes Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1172
- Almondell,footbridge & aqueduct Industrial: bridge, viaduct, aqueduct SM4242
- Union Canal, Fountainbridge to River Almond Industrial: inland water SM11097
- Inch Garvie,Firth of Forth,defensive installations 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM6436
- Cammo Canal Secular: garden SM6440
- Cairns Castle Secular: tower SM1193
- Greendykes,shale bing,Broxburn Industrial: mines, quarries SM6186
- Catstane, inscribed stone and long cist cemetery 690m E of Carlowrie Crosses and carved stones: inscribed stone; Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM1183
- Harlaw, enclosure 300m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6188
- Cramond, Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: fort SM2526
- Duntarvie Castle Secular: castle SM1905
- Abercorn Castle, remains of Secular: castle SM7869
- Niddry Farm,enclosure SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6187
- Craigie Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1900
- Bavelaw,steadings 60m NE of Redford Bridge Secular: farmstead SM3953
- Cramond Island, First World War and Second World War defences 20th Century Military and Related: Artillery mount SM13684
- Baberton Mains,enclosure 400m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6190
- Dalmeny Park,enclosures 420m N of Mansion Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6256
- North Queensferry, St James' Chapel Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM9806
- Huly Hill, cairn & stone circle SW of Newbridge roundabout Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1160
- Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM1184
- Gogar Mains,fort,palisaded enclosure and field system 850m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4573
- Dalmahoy Hill, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1213
- Abercorn Church, carved stones in Session House Crosses and carved stones: cross (free-standing) SM7545
- Hunter’s Craig or Eagle Rock, rock carving, Dalmeny Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM13612
- Auldcathie Church Ecclesiastical: church SM5610
- Corston Hill, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6194
- Faucheldean,shale bing,Winchburgh Industrial: mines, quarries SM5692
- Union Canal, River Almond to River Avon Industrial: inland water SM8954
- Lochend Farm, standing stone 100m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1158
- Craigpark Quarry, enclosure 450m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6229
- Tormain Hill,cup & ring marked rocks 700m NE of Bonnington Mains Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1161
