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Other areas of Edinburgh which once featured lochs include Corstorphine, Gogar, Holyrood, Blackford, and Morningside.
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/five-of-edinburgh-s-lost-lochs-1-4393704
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"Five of Edinburgh’s lost lochs"
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Posted 8 years ago #
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You used to get from Roseburn to Corstorphine by boat.
The floods in 2000 produced a fine if short lived loch on the north side of the stadium complete with swans.
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the Inch, the district located south of the Duddingston Loch today, is an anglicisation of the Celtic word “innis”, meaning island
Alas no, the gaelic 'innis' covers both an island and a low-lying marshy meadow. The Inch is likely the latter, given that it is the low ground beside the Braid Burn below Crag Maol Ard, which would have been an island.
The article didn't mention Causewayside. Edinburgh up to the fifteenth century was a rock surrounded by lochs and marshes crossed by causeways.
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You used to get from Roseburn to Corstorphine by boat.
It's amazing how recent an innovation bridges in Scotland are. The Spey had none until 1756, and you still have the names Boat of Garten, Boat of Dulnain, Boat of Cromdale. Rivers used to be seriously dangerous obstacles to travel. Cyclists should throw up their hands in praise for Wade, Caulfield and Telford.
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There are still lochs at Holyrood: two in the park. The grassy recreation/sports/extra car parking field just beyond Holyrood Abbey still seems desirous of returning to the status of a loch when heavy rains persist...
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I just realised that I have typed an untruth into CCE. The first bridge on the Spey is of course the one at Garva, dating from 1732.
In my defence I've always considered that the river called the A'an is actually the Spey as it comes from the highest point in the Spey basin - the summit of Ben Macdui, which would make Loch A'an into Loch Spey instead of the daft wee puddle of that name in the humble Monadhliath.
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So does Grantown-on-Spey become Grantown-not-on-Spey or Grantown-on-not-Spey?
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Grantown-on-Tributary.
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