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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. Bonaly Burn has its sources in the hills above Bonaly and flows towards Oxgangs, where it becomes the Braid Burn. The Edinburgh City Bypass passes through Bonaly. ==Name== The name Bonaly may be derived from the Scottish Gaelic ''Bonn àth Linne'' (meaning “the pool at the bottom ford”) or from ''Bàn àth Linne'' (meaning “the pool at the white ford”). An alternative suggestion is that the derivation is from the Gaelic ''Bonn-aill'' (meaning "the foot of the rocks or cliff"). The placename has appeared in many different forms and spellings. Early variations include ''Banale'' in 1438,〔Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum: The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 1264–1640〕 ''Bonala'' in 1538〔Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great seal of Scotland, AD 1306–1668〕 and ''Bonally'' in 1531.〔Calendar of the Laing Charters, 854–1837〕 Other variations include ''Bonala'', ''Bonalay'', ''Boneyley'', ''Bonnalay'', ''Bonailie'' and ''Bonaley''. In Timothy Pont's detailed 1654 map of Scotland, it appears as a small settlement close to the Pentland Hills, labelled ''Bonely'', and also appears on the ''Map of the Three Lothians'' in 1773 as ''Bonilie''. Harrison Gardens and Harrison Place, in the Edinburgh district of Merchiston, were originally named Bonaly Road and Bonaly Place. They were renamed in 1965 to avoid confusion with similar addresses in Colinton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bonaly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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