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17 November 2015
- 10:1210:12, 17 November 2015 diff hist +118 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation No edit summary current
10 November 2015
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- 10:2010:20, 10 November 2015 diff hist +216 N File:IS039.jpg Greyfriars Bobby, Candlemaker Row. Bronze sculpture sits on a plinth of polished Cumbrian Shap Granite with prominent pink feldspar crystals. Created by William Brodie, 1872. current
- 10:1910:19, 10 November 2015 diff hist +216 N File:IS037.jpg Greyfriars Bobby, Candlemaker Row. Bronze sculpture sits on a plinth of polished Cumbrian Shap Granite with prominent pink feldspar crystals. Created by William Brodie, 1872. current
- 10:1610:16, 10 November 2015 diff hist +107 N File:IS038.jpg Flodden Wall (in Greyfriars Kirkyard). Built of sandstone rubble. current
- 10:1410:14, 10 November 2015 diff hist +76 N File:IS036.jpg Monument from Greyfriars Kirkyard. current
- 10:1310:13, 10 November 2015 diff hist +76 N File:IS034.jpg Monument from Greyfriars Kirkyard. current
- 10:0910:09, 10 November 2015 diff hist +175 N File:IS035.jpg Greyfriars Kirk. Uses second hand stone from Convent of Sciennes. Original church built 1602-1620, rebuilt several times since then. current
- 10:0510:05, 10 November 2015 diff hist +183 N File:IS033.jpg The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade 'The Royal Scots' Headquarters. Now Communications and Marketing, University of Edinburgh. Built in 1904. current
- 10:0010:00, 10 November 2015 diff hist +161 N File:IS032.jpg Former Charity Workhouse. Harled tenements on Forest Road. Sandstone from City Quarry (Burgh Muir). Built in 1739-1743. current
- 09:5809:58, 10 November 2015 diff hist +207 N File:IS031.jpg Telfer Wall, Lauriston Place. An extension of Flodden Wall to incorporate George Heriot's Hospital. Rubble construction mainly of local sandstones. Built 1628-1636. current
- 09:5709:57, 10 November 2015 diff hist +207 N File:IS030.jpg Telfer Wall, Lauriston Place. An extension of Flodden Wall to incorporate George Heriot's Hospital. Rubble construction mainly of local sandstones. Built 1628-1636. current
- 09:5509:55, 10 November 2015 diff hist +2 File:IS028.jpg →Summary
- 09:5409:54, 10 November 2015 diff hist +192 N File:IS029.jpg Former Royal Infirmary. Scots baronial style by David Bryce begun 1872 and finished by his nephew John in 1879. Stone from Hailes and Cullalo (Fife).
- 09:5309:53, 10 November 2015 diff hist +193 N File:IS028.jpg Former Royal Infirmary. Scots baronial style by David Bryce begun 1872. and finished by his nephew John in 1879. Stone from Hailes and Cullalo (Fife).
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- 09:4809:48, 10 November 2015 diff hist +205 N File:IS027.jpg Telfer Wall, Lauriston Place. An extension of Flodden Wall to incorporate George Herio's Hospital. Rubble construction mainly of local sandstones. Built 1628-1636.
3 November 2015
- 12:1212:12, 3 November 2015 diff hist +180 N File:IS026.jpg Teviot Medical School, Edinburgh. Cross-bedded Carboniferous Polmaise sandstone (Stirlingshire). Built in 1886 by Sir R. Rowand Anderson. current
- 12:1012:10, 3 November 2015 diff hist +167 N File:IS025.jpg Teviot Medical School, Edinburgh. Carboniferous Polmaise sandstone (Stirlingshire). Built in 1886 by Sir R. Rowand Anderson. current
- 11:5111:51, 3 November 2015 diff hist +283 N File:IS024.jpg McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. Carboniferous sandstones Polmaise (Stirlingshire) and Prudham (Hexham, Northumberland). Small red sandstone columns are Triassic St Bees sandstone from Corsehill (Annan). Built in 1888-1897 by Sir R. Rowand Anderson. current
- 11:4911:49, 3 November 2015 diff hist +283 N File:IS023.jpg McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. Carboniferous sandstones Polmaise (Stirlingshire) and Prudham (Hexham, Northumberland). Small red sandstone columns are Triassic St Bees sandstone from Corsehill (Annan). Built in 1888-1897 by Sir R. Rowand Anderson. current
- 11:4511:45, 3 November 2015 diff hist +165 N File:IS022.jpg Teviot House, Edinburgh University Student Union, Edinburgh. Hailes Sandstone, laminated. Built in 1887 by Sydney Mitchell. current
- 11:4311:43, 3 November 2015 diff hist +165 N File:IS021.jpg Teviot House, Edinburgh University Student Union, Edinburgh. Hailes Sandstone, laminated. Built in 1887 by Sydney Mitchell. current
- 11:4111:41, 3 November 2015 diff hist +223 N File:IS020.jpg No. 7 George Square, Edinburgh. Former George Watson's Ladies College. Upper stones: smoothed ashlar sandstone; Lower stones: broached sandstone. Built in 1876 by MacGibbon & Ross. current
- 11:3911:39, 3 November 2015 diff hist +192 N File:IS019.jpg No. 7 George Square, Edinburgh. Former George Watson's Ladies College. Elaborate carvings in sandstone above door. Built in 1876 by MacGibbon & Ross. current
- 11:3911:39, 3 November 2015 diff hist +192 N File:IS018.jpg No. 7 George Square, Edinburgh. Former George Watson's Ladies College. Elaborate carvings in sandstone above door. Built in 1876 by MacGibbon & Ross. current
- 11:3711:37, 3 November 2015 diff hist +192 N File:IS017.jpg No. 7 George Square, Edinburgh. Former George Watson's Ladies College. Elaborate carvings in sandstone above door. Built in 1876 by MacGibbon & Ross. current
- 11:3411:34, 3 November 2015 diff hist +126 N File:IS016.jpg No. 16 George Square, Edinburgh. Regular coursed squared rubble. Built in 1767-1774. current
- 11:3211:32, 3 November 2015 diff hist +117 N File:IS015.jpg No. 16 George Square, Edinburgh. Craigmillar sandstone. Built in 1767-1774. current
- 11:3111:31, 3 November 2015 diff hist +117 N File:IS014.jpg No. 19 George Square, Edinburgh. Craigmillar sandstone. Built in 1767-1774. current
- 11:2811:28, 3 November 2015 diff hist +147 N File:IS013.jpg No. 21 George Square, Edinburgh. Pink Craigmillar sandstone with cherrycock pointing. Built in 1767-1774. current
- 11:2511:25, 3 November 2015 diff hist +107 N File:IS012.jpg No. 29 George Square, Edinburgh. Broached Craigmillar sandstone. current
- 11:2211:22, 3 November 2015 diff hist +100 N File:IS011.jpg No. 28-29 George Square, Edinburgh. Craigmillar sandstone. current
- 11:2011:20, 3 November 2015 diff hist +265 N File:IS010.jpg University Library, Edinburgh. Ramp parapet to west is clad in pale yellow-grey Portland Roach stone with Jurassic fossil bivalves and gastropods (upper stones in photo). Built in 1967 by Basil Spence of Glover & Ferguson. current
- 11:1811:18, 3 November 2015 diff hist +241 N File:IS009.jpg University Library, Edinburgh. Ramp parapet to west is clad in pale yellow-grey Portland Roach stone with Jurassic fossil bivalves and gastropods. Built in 1967 by Basil Spence of Glover & Ferguson. current
- 11:1811:18, 3 November 2015 diff hist +241 N File:IS008.jpg University Library, Edinburgh. Ramp parapet to west is clad in pale yellow-grey Portland Roach stone with Jurassic fossil bivalves and gastropods. Built in 1967 by Basil Spence of Glover & Ferguson. current
- 11:1511:15, 3 November 2015 diff hist +189 N File:IS007.jpg University Library, Edinburgh. Cladding round base of Larvikite, a black Scandinavian granite. Built in 1967 by Basil Spence of Glover & Ferguson. current
- 11:1411:14, 3 November 2015 diff hist +189 N File:IS006.jpg University Library, Edinburgh. Cladding round base of Larvikite, a black Scandinavian granite. Built in 1967 by Basil Spence of Glover & Ferguson. current
- 11:1211:12, 3 November 2015 diff hist +232 N File:IS005.jpg University George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh. Clad in Carboniferous sandstone from Wellfield quarries (Huddersfield). Built in 1967 by Robert Matthews of Johnson-Marshall & Partners. current
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- 11:0811:08, 3 November 2015 diff hist +230 N File:IS004.jpg University George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh. Clad in Carboniferous sandstone from Wellfield quarries (Huddersfield). Built in 1967 by Robert Matthew of Johnson-Marshall & Partners. current
- 11:0411:04, 3 November 2015 diff hist +178 N File:IS003.jpg No. 60 George Square, Edinburgh. Local dolerite and pink sandstone from Craigmillar. Columns of portico are of grey micaceous sandstone.
- 11:0311:03, 3 November 2015 diff hist +126 N File:IS002.jpg No. 60 George Square, Edinburgh. Local dolerite and pink sandstone from Craigmillar.
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- 09:1009:10, 3 November 2015 diff hist +114 N File:IS001.jpg No. 60 George Square. Local dolerite and pink sandstone from Craigmillar