The Second New Town (early 19th c.)

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The Second New Town (early 19th c.)
A view of Great King Street (the main East-West axis in the Second New Town) in the early 19th century
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The second New Town was developed in the early 19th century beyond Queen Street Gardens, to the North of the New Town, in a similar gridiron plan.

It also has circular monumental features, the Royal Circus and the dodecagonal Moray Place.

 

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