Gastropub
Sheep Heid Inn Edinburgh
Centuries-old gastropub with Scotland's oldest surviving skittle alley behind the bar.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston, Edinburgh, starts by testing the pub's own claim to be six hundred years old against what the building itself reveals, and traces the gap between legend and stone. It follows a teenage King James the Sixth's supposed visit and the ornate gift he is said to have left behind, then follows Scotland's oldest surviving skittle alley into the present day. Listen for how a game outlasted every myth painted onto these walls.
This audio guide was created using AI.