View from top of Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

23989

Title

View from top of Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh

Description

In the Dumbiedykes area of Edinburgh a series of tall apartment buildings stand within a system of car parks and roads. The housing estate is beside a park area where a small historic house stands within a hedged boundary.

Artist / maker

Thompson, Dr. Gordon I.

Date

1993

Size

8.2 x 13.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tower blocks

Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Parks