The Mound

The Mound
	View up the Mound towards the Bank of Scotland
	Location in Edinburgh city centre
Former name(s)	The Earthen Mound
Length	380 m (1,250 ft); (including The Mound and North Bank Street)
Postal code	EH1
Coordinates	55°57′0.28″N 3°11′44.13″W / 55.9500778°N 3.1955917°W
North (bottom) end	Princes Street
South (top) end	Bank Street/Royal Mile
Construction
Completion	1827

The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into Nor Loch, which was drained in 1765 and forms today's Princes Street Gardens.