Bruntsfield Links
Bruntsfield Links is 35 acres (14 ha) of park in Bruntsfield, 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.
The word, "links", comes from the Scots language and is widely associated with land used for the game of golf.
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A City of Edinburgh Council plaque states that Bruntsfield Links is one of the earliest known locations where the game of golf was played in Scotland. It is unclear when golf was first played in Edinburgh, however. The first edict prohibiting the playing of the game 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. Currently, known as The Royal Burgess Golfing Society. The city now boasts more than twenty-one golf courses.
An attempt to remove some of the trees from Bruntsfield Links was blocked in one of the first campaigns of city conservation body, the Cockburn Association.
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