Water Cistern, Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh. EH8 8BP
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greysman
N 55° 57.128 W 003° 10.578
30U E 488990 N 6200766
In the days before they had legs, water tanks were built on the ground.
Waymark Code: WMQWHG
Location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2016
Views: 4
Located at 60 Canongate adjoining the boundary wall round Queensberry House and now a Grade B listed building this water cistern is dated 1817. It is of square plan, built of ashlar blocks with the base course proud and a block cornice to a flat roof. On the north side, facing Canongate, there is a cast iron door with raised date, 1817, in a circular moulding. The east side has a cast iron tap feeding into a square drainage trough.
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