OS1/11/100/60 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
CALTON HILL	Calton Hill Calton Hill	Johnstone's Map Fullarton's Gazetteer		[Situation] At East End of Princes Street A rounded and partly [---] eminence rising abruptly [from] the eastern termination of the Ridge on which Princes [and] Georges streets are built and [rising] On its southwestern side the [Continuation] of the valley by which the ridge of the High St. is separated from that of the new town. Between it and the Princes [St] Ridge a deep and narrow hollow is formed which winds eastward round the base of the hill and is lost [---] the plain that extends to Leith. From the summit it slopes [gently] towards the southeast, to the N. [North] west it exhibits an abrupt rounded face. Its great mass is Composed of Claystone - porphyry and trap-tufa On it stands Nelson's Monument A most Conspicuous object. also the Royal Observatory, the monuments erected to the Memory of Dugald Stewart Professor Playfair, it is also intersected with roads And walks [---] Well lighted up with gas. From the summit of this hill is a most magnificent extensive and picturesque view of the City, the Castle, Leith, Frith of Forth [---]Shire, Haddingtonshire &c.

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Parish of City of Edinburgh

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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