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Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry
Gendall, John, 1824, Lithograph
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Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry
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Title
Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry
Description
Trees and green fields surround Craigleith Quarry, Edinburgh. Smoke can be seen rising from the edge of the quarry, blowing towards a couple lying on the grass above it and a herd of cattle in the field below. Many wooded field lie between the buildings of the New Town and the quarry. Rising up from the buildings of the city is Edinburgh Castle on the Castle Rock and the monuments on Calton Hill.
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Gendall, John
Engraver
Sutherland, I
Date
1824
Size
35.8 x 51.9 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The site of Craigleith Quarry is situated about two 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
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