The development of Edinburgh can be traced
from these maps. Click on any map to enlarge it.
- Early 1700s:
Neither the Mound nor the Galleries have yet been
built.
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1830, 1840: National
Gallery and an Earthen Mound
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1850: The railway
arrives.
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1860: A second National
Gallery
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1870: More railways and
a route up the Mound into George IV Bridge.
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1917, 2001: The
road lay-out as we know it today.
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