Edinburgh, Moredun, General
General View
Site Name Edinburgh, Moredun, General
Classification General View
Canmore ID 70006
Site Number NT26NE 146
NGR NT 2855 6958
NGR Description Centred NT 2855 6958
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70006
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
After the end of the Second World War over 32,000 prefabricated temporary houses were built in Scotland to address the housing shortage. Partially assembled in factories, 'prefabs' used materials, such as aluminium, that were not in such short supply as traditional building resources. The 1971 census, the last to count temporary houses, showed that 3,505 remained in Scotland.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 16 August 2007
Vale, B 1995