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West Bow, Lawnmarket
Murphy, Bernard, 2010, Photograph
West Bow, Lawnmarket
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West Bow, Lawnmarket
Artist / maker
Murphy, Bernard
Date
2010
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10.2 x 15.1 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh's West Bow was a zig-zagging street which led from the Grassmarket to the Lawnmarket. Its upper half was destroyed by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace. Originally the street was filled with a quirky assortment of 17th-century tenements, with crow-stepped gables, flight-holes for doves, towers and merchants' shops.
Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.
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