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Kirk o' Field
Kirk o' Field
in
Edinburgh
,
Scotland
, is best known as the site of the murder on 10 February 1567 of
Lord Darnley
, second husband of
Mary, Queen of Scots
. The site was occupied by the collegiate church of
St Mary in the Fields
, or the
Kirk
o' Field. It was approximately ten minutes' walk from
Holyrood Palace
, adjacent to the
city wall
, near to the
Cowgate
. The site is close to the location of the
National Museum of Scotland
.
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