The Cockit Hat
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Cockit Hat by M J Richardson as part of the Geograph project.
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The Cockit Hat
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 25 Aug 2008
A 'cockit' hat is Scots for a cocked hat, which has opposing rims turned up and caught together to give two or three points. This is the latter - a tricorn - and refers to the shape of a small triangular woodland planted at the junction of Redford Road and Oxgangs Road North.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.904246
Longitude
-3.223224