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Inveresk
Sign in to savethumb|Inveresk Lodge Garden thumb|The western section of Inveresk Village is typified by high stone walls and mansion-houses screened by trees thumb|Manor House, Inveresk|Manor House, a typical mansion in Inveresk village thumb|Typical 18th-century houses at the east end of Inveresk village Inveresk (Gaelic: Inbhir Easg) is a village in East Lothian, Scotland situated to the south of Musselburgh. It has been designated a conservation area since 1969. It is situated on slightly elevated ground on the north bank of a loop of the River Esk. This ridge of ground, 20 to 25 metres above sea level, w
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Place details
- Locality
- Inveresk
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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- History
- Roman remains
- St. Michael's Church
- Noteworthy graves
- Other notable persons linked to Inveresk
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thumb|Inveresk Lodge Garden thumb|The western section of Inveresk Village is typified by high stone walls and mansion-houses screened by trees thumb|Manor House, Inveresk|Manor House, a typical mansion in Inveresk village thumb|Typical 18th-century houses at the east end of Inveresk village Inveresk (Gaelic: Inbhir Easg) is a village in East Lothian, Scotland situated to the south of Musselburgh. It has been designated a conservation area since 1969. It is situated on slightly elevated ground on the north bank of a loop of the River Esk. This ridge of ground, 20 to 25 metres above sea level, was used by the Romans as the location for Inveresk Roman Fort in the 2nd century AD.
The prefix "Inver" (Gaelic inbhir) means a river mouth and refers to the point where the River Esk meets the Firth of Forth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inveresk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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