Comiston (, IPA:
�paleˈxaɫ̪ɯim is a suburb of
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
, the capital of
Scotland
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. It is south of
Morningside and west of the
Braid Hills, linking the suburbs of
Oxgangs and
Fairmilehead.
The main road through the area, Comiston Road, is a continuation of Morningside Road, and further south becomes Biggar Road. It is classified as the
A702 which runs eventually to
Biggar. A part of Comiston Road has signage as Pentland Terrace, the name of a terrace of
Victorian houses set back from, and above Comiston Road, with a roadway of its own immediately in front of the houses.
Comiston House was owned by the
Forrest baronets.
,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is elected by and is the convener of the City of Edinburgh Council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of ...
, occupied it from 1837 to 1843. Its grounds now form Fairmilehead Public Park.
History
A great battle was fought here in prehistoric times, resulting in two large burial cairns (presumably housing the dead of the two opposing sides). These two cairns were raided and destroyed in the early 19th century by workers seeking material with which to create the new metalling on the toll roads. A commemorative stone remained as a memorial, 20 feet high, this was called the Camus stone, after Camus the Danish commander of one army. This name, Camus stone, was corrupted into "Comiston".
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From 1680, waters were piped from Comiston Springs to the city centre and it was critical to the area's water supply.
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