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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 Scottish Gaelic Bonnáth Linne” (meaning “the pool at the bottom ford”) or from “Bànáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the white ford”). ^[1]

^ Dixon, Norman (May 1947). "The Placenames of Midlothian" (PDF). Scottish Place-Name Society. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[1] Dixon, Norman (May 1947). "The Placenames of Midlothian" (PDF). Scottish Place-Name Society. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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