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1 December 2015
- 11:2911:29, 1 December 2015 diff hist +131 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Surface finishes current
- 11:2711:27, 1 December 2015 diff hist +84 N File:IS042.jpg The Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh current
- 11:1911:19, 1 December 2015 diff hist +22 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones →Carboniferous sandstone of the Midland Valley of Scotland current
- 11:1711:17, 1 December 2015 diff hist +155 Building stones of Edinburgh - introduction No edit summary current
- 11:1411:14, 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
- 13:1513:15, 24 November 2015 diff hist −2 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Availability of stone: an historical perspective
- 13:1113:11, 24 November 2015 diff hist +63 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 13:1013:10, 24 November 2015 diff hist +8 File:P530964.jpg →Summary current
- 13:0813:08, 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...
- 13:0413:04, 24 November 2015 diff hist +102 Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods →Organisation of work current
- 13:0113:01, 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
- 12:5712:57, 24 November 2015 diff hist −1 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →Water absorption current
- 12:5612:56, 24 November 2015 diff hist +93 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →History
- 12:2912:29, 24 November 2015 diff hist +3,196 N File:P257386.jpg Register House, Edinburgh. Built from Craigleith Sandstone. P257386 current
- 12:2612:26, 24 November 2015 diff hist +6 Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties →History
- 11:3411:34, 24 November 2015 diff hist +85 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones →Kinnesswood Formation
- 11:3311:33, 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
- 11:2211:22, 24 November 2015 diff hist +151 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Kinnesswood Formation →Burgh Muir (Meadows and Bruntsfield) and Grange quarries current
- 11:1011:10, 24 November 2015 diff hist +1 Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones No edit summary
- 11:0111:01, 24 November 2015 diff hist +307 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Igneous rocks current
- 10:4910:49, 24 November 2015 diff hist +152 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Igneous rocks
- 10:4410:44, 24 November 2015 diff hist +163 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones →Limestones
- 10:3210:32, 24 November 2015 diff hist +138 Building stones of Edinburgh: geological characteristics of building stones No edit summary
17 November 2015
- 13:2413:24, 17 November 2015 diff hist +2 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 13:2313:23, 17 November 2015 diff hist +1 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 13:2213:22, 17 November 2015 diff hist +179 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 13:1813:18, 17 November 2015 diff hist +212 Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones →Methods of walling
- 12:5412:54, 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
- 11:3811:38, 17 November 2015 diff hist −4 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Stirling and Glasgow areas →Polmaise current
- 11:3711:37, 17 November 2015 diff hist +231 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Wetlfield current
- 11:3111:31, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 11:3011:30, 17 November 2015 diff hist +282 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 11:2811:28, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Scottish Borders and England →Prudham
- 11:2611:26, 17 November 2015 diff hist +286 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Stirling and Glasgow areas →Polmaise
- 11:2111:21, 17 November 2015 diff hist 0 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Gullane Formation →Craigleith current
- 11:1211:12, 17 November 2015 diff hist +118 Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation No edit summary current
10 November 2015
- 13:0313:03, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS029.jpg →Summary current
- 13:0213:02, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS028.jpg →Summary current
- 13:0113:01, 10 November 2015 diff hist +11 File:IS027.jpg →Summary current
- 11:2011:20, 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
- 11:1911:19, 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
- 11:1611:16, 10 November 2015 diff hist +107 N File:IS038.jpg Flodden Wall (in Greyfriars Kirkyard). Built of sandstone rubble. current
- 11:1411:14, 10 November 2015 diff hist +76 N File:IS036.jpg Monument from Greyfriars Kirkyard. current
- 11:1311:13, 10 November 2015 diff hist +76 N File:IS034.jpg Monument from Greyfriars Kirkyard. current
- 11:0911:09, 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
- 11:0511:05, 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
- 11:0011:00, 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
- 10:5810:58, 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
- 10:5710:57, 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
- 10:5510:55, 10 November 2015 diff hist +2 File:IS028.jpg →Summary
