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Edinburgh Castle, the Armoury and Banquetting Hall
Inglis, Francis Caird, 1925, Photograph, Reproduction
Edinburgh Castle, the Armoury and Banquetting Hall
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15325
Title
Edinburgh Castle, the Armoury and Banquetting Hall
Artist / maker
Inglis, Francis Caird
Date
1925
Size
16.5 x 21 cm
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Photograph
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Reproduction
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh Castle is perhaps the city's most famous landmark. It stands on top of the remaining core of an extinct volcano. Excavations suggest the site was inhabited by Bronze Age man as early as 900 BC, and was fortified by Iron Age man roughly 2000 years ago. The oldest part of the present day Castle is St Margaret's Chapel, built in the early 12th century. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.
The banqueting hall, otherwise known as the Great Hall, was completed in 1511 for James IV. It was used as a barracks when Oliver Cromwell captured the castle in 1650, and from about 1800 it was a military hospital. When the hospital was moved elsewhere in 1887 the Great Hall was completely restored and is now used to display weapons and armour.
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