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Date

1823

Artist

Henrietta Anne Fortescue (c. 1765-1841)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Pen and grey ink and grey wash over pencil.
Craigleith Quarry was the largest and best known of Edinburgh's quarries and provided most of the stone for Edinburgh New Town. It was in use for over three hundred years and the face of the quarry was eventually 360 feet high. Its stone was used on Edinburgh buildings such as Register House, the entrance to Adam's Edinburgh University Old College and the National Monument on Calton Hill. It was first recorded in 1615 and was eventually closed in 1942 after which it was slowly filled in, although 100 tons of loose stone was removed in 1995 for use in the making of the Chinese Garden in Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens. What is left of the quarry is now part of the Criaigleith Retail Park opened in 1993.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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Craigleith Quarry, Edinburgh, England

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