Old Photograph Leith Walk Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland. There was a rough pathway in the vicinity of modern-day Leith Walk in the time of King James II in the mid 15th century. However, Leith Walk, as we know it, owes its existence to a defensive rampart which was constructed between Calton Hill and Leith in 1650. The attack on Edinburgh by Cromwell's army in that year was halted at this line by the Scots under David Leslie, whose army was subsequently defeated at the Battle of Dunbar.



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