Moredun is a district in the south-east of

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, the capital of

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. It is east of Liberton, while

Craigour Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, Edinburgh, Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of Sir James Stew ...

is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of

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but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner,

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, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate. The house was acquired in 1923 to convert into a convalescent home for ex-servicemen. It was instead found unsuitable and demolished. The facility was instead created in the form of the Murray Homes for the

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in 1929. Part of the estate was also sold in 1924 to create the

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. In the late 1960s six tower blocks were built in the area; whilst all six remain standing, a large project was undertaken to refurbish them to coincide with the construction of the new

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nearby. Two of the 16-storey blocks – Moncreiffe House and Forteviot House – are within the geographical boundary of Moredun, while the other four are technically in neighbouring Craigour. Moredun contains two clusters of shops on Moredun Park Road as well as a library and a primary school. It has transport links on a par with other similar areas of the city, with the

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service 8 and

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chartered Lothian and First East Lothian 18 passing through the area, with the 3, 7 and 29 services running nearby.

Craigour

Craigour () is a neighbourhood of southeast

, next to the A7 (Old Dalkeith Road). It is surrounded on the east by the

just across the A7; on the north by

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; and on the west and south by the neighbourhoods of Moredun, Moredunvale and

Fernieside Fernieside is a neighbourhood on the southern edge of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, four miles (6.5 km) southeast of the city centre. It is very close to Craigour, which is just to its north, with Ferniehill to the south, Moredun to the w ...

. The Burdiehouse Burn flows through the area. For such a small area, Craigour consists of a wide variety of house types. Some prefabs built in the 1950s still exist; however, most of these have been replaced by newer and permanent housing. There is 1980s private housing in a band immediately next to the A7, as well as

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in the form of

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s plus four high-rise (16-storey) blocks (Castleview House, Little France House, Marytree House and Moredun House). Along the A7 road which passes Craigour to the east, are Victorian and pre-Victorian houses, in the form of the

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and Pentecox clusters of houses. Craigour has a nearby primary schoolEdinburgh council site for the school
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(close to the Royal Infirmary just across the main road),

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and

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adjacent to one another.

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Craigour

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