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VIew from north-west from Craigleith Quarry
Unknown, 1905, Photograph
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VIew from north-west from Craigleith Quarry
VIew from north-west from Craigleith Quarry
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11011
Title
General view from north-west from Craigleith Quarry
Description
Freshly ploughed fields fill the foreground in this panoramic view of Edinburgh taken from Craigleith Quarry. A row of cottages disappears below the brow of the hill. In the background the Edinburgh skyline can be seen with such landmarks as Edinburgh Castle and the towers of Stewart's Melville College.
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Unknown
Date
1905
Size
8.8 x 40.8 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.
The site of Craigleith Quarry is situated about 2 miles northwest of the centre of Edinburgh. The quarry operated from the 17th Century and provided much of the sandstone for the construction of New Town. It was filled in the 1930's and is now the site of Craigleith Retail Park.
The city of Edinburgh is built around seven hills, mostly volcanic in origin. It is bordered to its north by the Firth of Forth, and to its south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh has been Scotland's capital since the mid fifteenth century, but evidence of human habitation on the site stretches back some 7000 years. The central city is made up of the Old Town area immediately surrounding the Castle and the Royal Mile, and the New Town to the north, an important example of eighteenth and nineteenth century neoclassical town planning. These central areas were designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Other more modern developments, from the nineteenth century to the present, radiate from this central area incorporating many older villages. Edinburgh attracts more tourists than any other city in the UK except London, especially during the annual festivals in August.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
The Topography of Hills and Valleys
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