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1 December 2015
- 10:2910:29, 1 December 2015 diff hist +131 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Surface finishes current
- 10:2710:27, 1 December 2015 diff hist +84 N File:IS042.jpg The Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh current
- 10:1910:19, 1 December 2015 diff hist +22 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones →Carboniferous sandstone of the Midland Valley of Scotland current
- 10:1710:17, 1 December 2015 diff hist +155 Building stones of Edinburgh - introduction No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 1 December 2015 diff hist +165 N File:IS041.jpg View over Edinburgh to the Firth of Forth from Blackford Hill. Edinburgh Castle is seen on top of the volcanic Castle Hill. current
24 November 2015
- 12:1512:15, 24 November 2015 diff hist −2 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Availability of stone: an historical perspective
- 12:1112:11, 24 November 2015 diff hist +63 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 12:1012:10, 24 November 2015 diff hist +8 File:P530964.jpg →Summary current
- 12:0812:08, 24 November 2015 diff hist +3,807 N File:P530964.jpg North side of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. The buildings of Charlotte Square are some of the best known and most impressive of the Edinburgh New Town. These buildings form part of David Craig's original plan for the first New Town, designed in 1767. Th...
- 12:0412:04, 24 November 2015 diff hist +102 Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods →Organisation of work current
- 12:0112:01, 24 November 2015 diff hist +3,733 N File:P531033.jpg Old College, South Bridge, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. The Old College of the University of Edinburgh is one of the most impressive stone buildings in Edinburgh. Once home to the entire University, it was begun in 1789 by Robert Adam and comple... current
- 11:5711:57, 24 November 2015 diff hist −1 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →Water absorption current
- 11:5611:56, 24 November 2015 diff hist +93 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →History
- 11:2911:29, 24 November 2015 diff hist +3,196 N File:P257386.jpg Register House, Edinburgh. Built from Craigleith Sandstone. P257386 current
- 11:2611:26, 24 November 2015 diff hist +6 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →History
- 10:3410:34, 24 November 2015 diff hist +85 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones →Kinnesswood Formation
- 10:3310:33, 24 November 2015 diff hist +4,001 N File:P519459.jpg Rock specimen of sandstone from Craigmillar Quarry, Edinburgh, Lothian Region, Scotland. The sample is a medium to coarse-grained hard crystalline sandstone with a pale pink colour caused by the presence of clear quartz grains within an iron oxide matr... current
- 10:2210:22, 24 November 2015 diff hist +151 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Kinnesswood Formation →Burgh Muir (Meadows and Bruntsfield) and Grange quarries current
- 10:1010:10, 24 November 2015 diff hist +1 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones No edit summary
- 10:0110:01, 24 November 2015 diff hist +307 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Igneous rocks current
- 09:4909:49, 24 November 2015 diff hist +152 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Igneous rocks
- 09:4409:44, 24 November 2015 diff hist +163 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Limestones
- 09:3209:32, 24 November 2015 diff hist +138 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones No edit summary
17 November 2015
- 12:2412:24, 17 November 2015 diff hist +2 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 12:2312:23, 17 November 2015 diff hist +1 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 12:2212:22, 17 November 2015 diff hist +179 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 12:1812:18, 17 November 2015 diff hist +212 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 11:5411:54, 17 November 2015 diff hist +144 N File:IS040.jpg No. 20 George Square. Pink Craigmillar sandstone and blocks of dolerite from Salisbury Crags quarries. current
- 10:3810:38, 17 November 2015 diff hist −4 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Stirling and Glasgow areas →Polmaise current
- 10:3710:37, 17 November 2015 diff hist +231 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Wetlfield current
- 10:3110:31, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 10:3010:30, 17 November 2015 diff hist +282 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 10:2810:28, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 10:2610:26, 17 November 2015 diff hist +286 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Stirling and Glasgow areas →Polmaise
- 10:2110:21, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Gullane Formation →Craigleith current
- 10:1210:12, 17 November 2015 diff hist +118 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation No edit summary current
10 November 2015
- 12:0312:03, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS029.jpg →Summary current
- 12:0212:02, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS028.jpg →Summary current
- 12:0112:01, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS027.jpg →Summary current
- 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).
- 09:5009:50, 10 November 2015 diff hist −109 File:IS027.jpg →Summary
- 09:4809:48, 10 November 2015 diff hist +2 File:IS027.jpg →Summary
- 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
- 11:1111:11, 3 November 2015 diff hist +21 File:IS001.jpg →Summary current
- 11:1011:10, 3 November 2015 diff hist +21 File:IS002.jpg →Summary current
- 11:0911:09, 3 November 2015 diff hist +21 File:IS003.jpg →Summary current
- 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.
- 09:5109:51, 3 November 2015 diff hist +12 File:IS001.jpg →Summary
- 09:1009:10, 3 November 2015 diff hist +114 N File:IS001.jpg No. 60 George Square. Local dolerite and pink sandstone from Craigmillar
