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Sandglass Spring Head

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9098 / 55°54'35"N

Longitude: -3.2181 / 3°13'5"W

OS Eastings: 323950

OS Northings: 669190

OS Grid: NT239691

Mapcode National: GBR 8HX.MZ

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.JQSC

Plus Code: 9C7RWQ5J+WQ

Entry Name: Sandglass Spring Head

Listing Name: Comiston Springs (Hare, Moubray, Fox, Sandglass and Peewit) Comiston Springs Avenue, Comiston View, Pentland Gardens, Oxgangs Loan and Oxgangs Green

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 399796

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27964

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200399796

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Springhead

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Description

7 square or rectangular dressed stone buildings over original (1676) springs set along separate named pipe lines feeding into Comiston Springs Waterhouse (see separate listing). Structures over springs of varying dates due to maintenance and repair, the earliest probably dating to the late 17th century. Peewit Spring Head 1 (NT 23792,69038) Peewit Spring Head 2 (NT 23766,68973) Sandglass Spring Head (NT 23949,69191) Hare Spring Head (NT 24114,69372) Moubray (or Hare) Spring Head (NT 24113,69235) Fox Spring Head 2 (NT 24178,69127) Fox Spring Head 3 (NT 24207, 69088)

Statement of Interest

These structures relate to Edinburgh's first piped water supply (defunct since 1945). The engineer was Peter Brauss of Holland, contracted by Sir William Bruce. Robert Mylne, King's Mater Mason, was contracted by Bruce to build spring heads, wells and cisterns.

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