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'Bonaly' is an area on the south-western outskirts of [[Edinburgh]] and the northern slopes of the [[Pentland Hills]], lying within the Parish of [[Colinton]]. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather [[moorland]]. The [[Edinburgh City Bypass]] runs through Bonaly. |
"'Bonaly'" is an area on the south-western outskirts of [[Edinburgh]] and the northern slopes of the [[Pentland Hills]], lying within the Parish of [[Colinton]]. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather [[moorland]]. The [[Edinburgh City Bypass]] runs through Bonaly. |
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"'Bonaly'" is an area on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh and the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, lying within the Parish of Colinton. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather moorland. The Edinburgh City Bypass runs through Bonaly.
Name
The name Bonaly may be derived from the Gaelic Bonnáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the bottom ford”) or from Bànáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the white ford”). [1]
References
- ^ Dixon, Norman (May 1947). "The Placenames of Midlothian" (PDF). Scottish Place-Name Society.
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