Dundee: Its Quaint and Historical Buildings - 1881
The changes which took place in street and house architecture in Dundee had, by the time of publication, transformed the ancient burgh into a modern city. The changes had started at the end of the 18th century, but the most important developments came about as a result of the 1871 Improvement Act.
As a consequence, a definitive plan was devised whereby the centre of the burgh was largely reconstructed. Between 1871 and 1895, nearly nine tenths of the buildings featured in the volume were demolished, or altered beyond recognition.
In 1881, A. C. Lamb experienced considerable difficulty when he attempted to collect accurate drawings and descriptions of the buildings in question. He eventually assembled 59 key images comprising maps, plans, landscapes, streets, closes, buildings and other architectural features. The featured image shows Castle Lane, formerly known as the Goat Wynd. The archaic name refers not to the animal, but to the Forfarshire term for a sea inlet. Crawford's plan of 1776 shows a dock on the goat at this point.
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