Edinburgh Castle in Midlothian

Category

Library Item

Item no

1809

Title

Edinburgh Castle in Midlothian

Description

Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop. The fortification has a half-moon battery with gun loops in its walls with a large flag flying above it. A dirt track road leads to the Castle. In the foreground is Greyfriars Churchyard. Headstones are situated against a wall and smaller gravestones are situated further inside the graveyard amongst trees. Houses are located around the outside of the burial ground. One of the buildings has a pantiled roof.

Artist / maker

Griffiths, Moses

Engraver

Barclay

Date

1785

Size

15.3 x 19.4 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

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.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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