Sketch showing the proposed buildings on the Mound from the East Copied from "Plan of Improvements on the Earthen Mound" by Trotter, 1834-Plate 4

Description Sketch showing the proposed buildings on the Mound from the East Copied from "Plan of Improvements on the Earthen Mound" by Trotter, 1834-Plate 4

Catalogue Number SC 466232

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 33458

Scope and Content Early 19th century sketch of The Mound, Edinburgh, from the east end of Princes Street The Mound is a causeway across the valley between the Old and New Towns, formed from some two million cartloads of earth and rubbish that had been tipped out by contractors during the building of the New Town between 1781 and 1830. This sketch of Princes Street and The Mound by the architect Archibald Elliot, shows part of Alexander Trotter's improvement plan of 1829 to build two rows of arcaded shops on a level area just to the south of the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1829 Alexander Trotter proposed to level part of The Mound and build a central shopping area for the New Town as the shops 'in the finest situations of the New Town' were destroying the residential character of the principal streets and squares. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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