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Mapping the Town

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Archaeologist Julian Richards continues his series exploring how towns take shape. 3: Edinburgh
Today he strolls around the medieval Old Town and the New Town of the Enlightenment to discover how Scotland's capital was shaped by elitism, wind-chill, a street plan the shape of the Union Jack, and the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival. Producer John Byrne

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