Configuration and dimensions of burgage plots in the burgh of Edinburgh

Tait, R.I.

doi:10.9750/psas.136.297.309

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“…Robin Tait (2006;2010) has examined the typical widths of Edinburgh burgage-plots, and the dates of their formal setting-out in the High Street. Because the Candlemaker Row burgage-plots are bounded by the Greyfriars wall, the line of which may date from the 1460s-70s, the excavated plots are likely to post-date the wall.…”

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development of Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, from the 11th to the 20th centuries

Franklin¹

2017

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Archaeological excavations and historic-building recording at the site of Greyfriars Kirkhouse, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh (NGR: NT 25556 73371), provided a rare opportunity to investigate the history of an area within Edinburgh's Old Town. Evidence was found for unexpectedly early activity on the site from the 11th or 12th century onwards. The nature of early activity is enigmatic but the area appears to have been largely rural, at the confluence of two major cattle-droving routes into the town. Urban development came in the late 15th century, with the division of the land into burgage-plots and construction of a tenement, at which point the area seems to have been occupied by merchants and burgesses. The late 18th and early 19th centuries saw the redevelopment of the site and evidence for the use of the area as a brass foundry.

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development of Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, from the 11th to the 20th centuries

Franklin¹

2017

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Viewing the Past: Virtual Time Binoculars and the Edinburgh 1544 Reconstruction

Rhodes

Miller

Davies

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Communications in Computer and Information Science

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This paper discusses how a digital reconstruction of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh around the year 1544 was created and communicated to the public. It explores the development and reception of the Virtual Time Binoculars platforma system for delivering virtual reality heritage apps suitable for use on most smartphones. The Virtual Time Binoculars system is placed in the context of earlier research into mobile heritage experiences, including Situated Simulations (G. Liestøl. 2009) and the Mirrorshades Project (C. Davies et al. 2014). The eventual virtual reality app is compared with other means of viewing the historic reconstruction, including online videos and an interactive museum and educational exhibit. It outlines the historical and technical challenges of modelling Edinburgh's sixteenth-century cityscape, and of distributing the eventual reconstruction in an immersive fashion that works safely and effectively on smartphones on the streets of the modern city. Finally, it considers the implications of this project for future developments in mobile exploration of historic scenes.

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Configuration and dimensions of burgage plots in the burgh of Edinburgh

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development of Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, from the 11th to the 20th centuries

development of Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, from the 11th to the 20th centuries

Viewing the Past: Virtual Time Binoculars and the Edinburgh 1544 Reconstruction

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