Bruntsfield Links

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Bruntsfield Links is 35 acres of parkland in Edinburgh, immediately to the south-west of The Meadows, which it adjoins.

Unlike The Meadows, which is a former loch, Bruntsfield Links was always dry. It is the last vestige of the Burgh Muir, formerly woodland.

[edit] Golf

Bruntsfield Links became the first golf course, in a city which now boasts more than twenty-one courses. It is unclear when golf was first played in Edinburgh, however, the first edict prohibiting the playing of golf was issued in 1457. Additionally, the Golf Tavern which adjoins the links claims to have been founded in 1456, though there is little evidence for this other than a claim made in A history of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society.

A plaque erected by the City of Edinburgh suggests that the game of golf may have been invented here.

[edit] Further reading

• Scotsman newspaper: historical article on the use of Bruntsfield Links for plague victims

[edit] See also

• Areas of Edinburgh
• Areas of Edinburgh (category)