The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Braid Hills
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View Larger MapDescription of institution: Sibbald's reference to Braid Craigs is probably to the Braid Hills near Edinburgh. In an eighteenth-century "Account of Metals and Minerals in Scotland given by Colonell Borthwick": "At Braids-Craigs, there is a stone with blew and green veins found, which argues, there is copper there" (Mitchell and Clark, 17). Images linked to this location: People associated with this location: Print Sources linked to this location: Mentioned - Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane.