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Moredun is a district in the south-east ofEdinburgh, the capital ofScotland. It is east ofLiberton, whileCraigour is situated just to its north.[1][2]
The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home ofJames Stewart but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner,David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.[3] The house was acquired in 1923 to convert into a convalescent home for ex-servicemen. It was instead found unsuitable and demolished. The facility was instead created in the form of the Murray Homes for theScottish Veterans Association in 1929. Part of the estate was also sold in 1924 to create theMoredun Research Institute.[4]
In the late 1960s six tower blocks were built in the area; whilst all six remain standing, a large project was undertaken to refurbish them to coincide with the construction of the newEdinburgh Royal Infirmary nearby. Two of the 16-storey blocks – Moncreiffe House and Forteviot House – are within the geographical boundary of Moredun, while the other four are technically in neighbouring Craigour.[5][6]
Moredun contains two clusters of shops on Moredun Park Road as well as a library and a primary school. It has transport links on a par with other similar areas of the city, with theLothian Buses service 8 and Airlink 400 passing through the area, with the 3, 7 and 29 services running nearby.
Craigour (55°54′53″N3°8′15.5″W / 55.91472°N 3.137639°W /55.91472; -3.137639) is a neighbourhood of southeastEdinburgh,Scotland, next to theA7 (Old Dalkeith Road). It is surrounded on the east by theEdinburgh Royal Infirmary just across the A7; on the north byLiberton Golf Club; and on the west and south by the neighbourhoods of Moredun,Moredunvale andFernieside. TheBurdiehouse Burn flows through the area.[7]
For such a small area, Craigour consists of a wide variety of house types.[8] Someprefabs built in the 1950s still exist; however, most of these have been replaced by newer and permanent housing. There is 1980s private housing in a band immediately next to the A7, as well ascouncil housing in the form ofmaisonettes plus fourhigh-rise (16-storey) blocks[9] (Castleview House, Little France House, Marytree House and Moredun House).[10][11] Along the A7 road which passes Craigour to the east, areVictorian and pre-Victorian houses, in the form of theLittle France andPentecox clusters of houses.
Craigour has a nearby primary school[12] (technically just outwith its boundaries between Moredun and Fernieside), apub (close to the Royal Infirmary just across the main road),a corner shop andbookmaker adjacent to one another.
| Ethnicity | Liberton/Gilmerton Ward | Edinburgh[13] |
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| White | 82.6% | 84.9% |
| Asian | 10.2% | 8.6% |
| Black | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Mixed | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Other | 2.1% | 1.9% |
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55°54′49″N3°08′09″W / 55.91361°N 3.13583°W /55.91361; -3.13583
