Add to ORKGAbstract. The City of Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, owes its unique character and sense of place to its spectacular geological setting, its people and its buildings. The cityscape is defined by its rocky natural landscape, moulded by glaciers, and by the fabric and varying architecture of the city’s buildings which employed much indigenous building stone. The local sandstones, some of the finest in Britain, supplied the majority of buildings constructed within the World Heritage Site of the New and Old Towns. Today’s challenge is to plan for development of a thriving city whilst ensuring that both the stone-built heritage and the historical spirit of the city are maintained for future generations. Appropriate stone selection and safeguard...