This sheet captures Colinton and Fairmilehead just before the Edinburgh City Bypass, before Hillend Country Park was developed, and before much of the modern housing west of Oxgangs and Colinton Mains existed.
Reservoirs (including Torduff and Clubbiedean), old quarries, sheepfolds and the Pentland Hills District boundary are all clearly shown. This sheet covers a fascinating slice of Edinburgh and Midlothian.
The boundary between the County of the City of Edinburgh (Colinton Ward) and Midlothian runs through the area. Ideal for anyone with connections to the Colinton area, local history researchers, or collectors of early National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping.
The map area sits within the Edinburgh Central Burgh Constituency and Holyrood Ward, with the Calton Ward and Edinburgh North Burgh Constituency boundaries along the northern edge. This is a full-size original OS 1:1250 National Grid plan on heavy white paper.