out 2009–10 at a cost of £5 million. Measures aimed at making the area more pedestrian-friendly included the extension of pavement café areas and the creation of an "events zone". The "shadow" of a gibbet was added in dark paving on the former gallows site (next to the Covenanters' Monument) and the line of the Flodden Wall at the western end delineated by a strip of lighter paving from the Vennel on the south side to the newly created Granny's Green Steps on the north side. References External links Grassmarket from Gordon of Rothiemay's map, c. 1647 Kincaid map showing Grassmarket closes in 1784 Drawing of an execution in the Grassmarket on Edinphoto Edward Topham's account of John Reid's execution A Guide to the Grassmarket Squares in Edinburgh Old Town, Edinburgh Areas of Edinburgh Execution sites in Scotland