Gilmerton

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Gilmerton by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.

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Gilmerton

Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 4 Jun 2005

Village now absorbed into Edinburgh. Gilmerton was a mining village (coal and limestone), and there are still occasional problems with subsidence. The centre has some fine old houses.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.904425
Longitude
-3.129178