The Burgh Muir is the historic term for an extensive area of land lying to the south of Edinburgh city centre, upon which much of the southern part of the city now stands following its gradual spread and more especially its rapid expansion in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The name has been retained today in the partly anglicised form Boroughmuir for a much smaller district within Bruntsfield, vaguely defined by the presence of Boroughmuir High School, and, until 2010, Boroughmuirhead post office in its north-west corner.
Arthur's Seat seen from the old Burgh Muir
King David I (r.1124–1153)
Bruntsfield House in 2010
James IV (r.1488–1513)
Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in Southern Edinburgh, Scotland. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton.
Bruntsfield Place
Tenements in Bruntsfield
Bruntsfield House in 1897
Bruntsfield House in 2009