A seemingly unremarkable piece of green land in Edinburgh's Bonnington area is, in fact, a living reminder of the First World War, bearing a mark that is still visible today.
As the capital saw this year's first warm and sunny days, the lawn at Bellevue Crescent street revealed a round mark correlating with the exact spot one of the 23 bombs that a German airship dropped on Leith and Edinburgh during the night of April 2 1916.
Known to history as the Zeppelin Air Raid, the terrifying night witnessed the unwelcomed airships L14 and L16 drop bomb after bomb on Leith before moving towards the capital's city centre.
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It was a clear, starry night with a full Moon and the first zeppelin was able to follow the lunar reflections off the Water of Leith.
According to the National Records of Scotland, the Chief Constable of Leith stated in his report that "those in charge of the Zeppelin were following the course of the Water of Leith from Leith Docks to Edinburgh, as all the bombs dropped were not more than 100 yards from said Water of Leith at any point."
The Bellevue Crescent Garden now has a plaque installed that mentions the Zeppelin raid and talks of the considerable damage done to the property on the street, with windows and doors being broken.
The Zeppelin Air Raid of 1916 was the first time Scotland was attacked from the skies, and as the attack took the lives of seven Edinburgh residents, it provoked a thorough assessment of air raid precautions.
At the time when the warning of a possible air raid was received at 7pm, April 2, the Electric Light Department lowered all lights, traffic was stopped, and lights on vehicles were extinguished.
However, it was not apparent until after the raid that Leith Dock lights were the ones shining bright, leading the airships straight to the city centre.
The National Records of Scotland state: "On the night of the Raid, the zeppelins came to Leith across the line of the shipping and not till the bombs were falling on Leith were the lights on the ships extinguished. It seems so ridiculous to have the town of Leith in darkness while the sea in front is illuminated."
