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Transformation at Mackenzie Bridge, Dean Valley

Thursday, 7 March, 2024 - 23:32
Rampant ivy has recently been removed from the railings next to Mackenzie Bridge in the Dean Valley by the Natural Heritage rangers. Excellent. Leaves clogging the adjacent pavement, making it impossible to walk along, have been cleared away. Combined with branches being pruned from overhanging lime trees pedestrians are now able to walk along and view down to the river below. Years of unrestricted ivy growth has curled around the historic railings choking them and causing damage to the cast iron uprights. Ivy has also grown into the stone embankment wall below anchoring into the lime mortar. When ivy becomes...
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Doune Terrace Garden Railings To Be Restored

Saturday, 18 November, 2023 - 15:40
The feasibility study is available here . As the last part of the Moray Feu railings, removed during WWII, the plan is to restore them to their original design using traditional methods The study was commissioned by a community group supported by Edinburgh World Heritage, Taft Architects and the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland along with local residents. This initiative continues the ongoing programme for renovation of the Dean Valley Designed Landscape, which is in the inventory of Gardens held by Historic Environment Scotland. This began in 2011 and included the renovation of St Bernard’s Well. KT 17/11/23
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Long Awaited Restoration Project At Lindsays Mill

Sunday, 1 October, 2023 - 19:15
Almost ten years ago the archaeological remains of Lindsays Mill was cordoned off, in the Dean Valley, its walls crumbling, views to the weir lost and a profusion of ivy damaging its structure through neglect. Once a place which celebrated the proud industrial history of The Water of Leith and its picturesque landscape, painted throughout the 18th and 19th century, the whole of the Dean Valley has suffered from lack of proper care and attention over the last 25 years. Visitors to the valley have increased dramatically over this period and they might well be puzzled by such decay within...
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Litter and Graffiti continue to disfigure the Dean Valley

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023 - 14:24
Mounds of litter and rubbish have appeared on the bank above the Saunders Street allotments. There are reports of youths throwing stuff down onto the beds and at the allotment holders. A gate into the bank has been broken for years allowing easy access. New graffiti appears regularly on the archways and disturbingly for the first time in a while on the mill lade arch below street level at Mackenzie Bridge. This is an important archaeological feature and should be protected against vandalism. The mill lade in the Dean Valley, which originally ran alongside the present Water of Leith walkway,...
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