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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
ECHOING ROCK	Echoing Rock Echoing Rock Echoing Rock	James Swanson Mr Coventry Mr McIntyre		[Situation] About Ten chains SW [South West] by South of the Summit of Arthurs Seat An Echoing rock situated a short distance N.West [North West] of Sampsons Ribs.
SAMPSON'S RIBS	Sampson's Ribs Sampson's Ribs Sampson's Ribs Samson's Ribs Samson's Ribs	James Swanson Mr Coventry Mr McIntyre Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 Petries Hist [History] of Holyrood Abbey & Palace		[Situation] South of the Summit of Arthurs seat 23 chains and two chains in the same direction of the Queens Drive A long steep, precipitous range of rocks extending from near the Echoing Rock to near Duddingston Loch. It is a steep cliff of basaltic columns partly well shaped and part appearing broken and irregular, they are nearly perpendicular. "Great basaltic columns from 40 to 50 feet in length and about 3 feet in diameter regularly Pentagonal or Hexagonal hang down the face of the cliffs with a gentle slope and are vulgarly called Samson's Ribs." Petries History of Holyrood Palace & Abbey 1818

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