North-east Prospect of Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1818

Title

North-east prospect of Edinburgh Castle

Description

Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop. The fortification has a half-moon battery with gun loops in its walls and has a large flagpole above it. A figure wearing a hat is walking through the foliage in front of the Castle.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

Heath, Charles

Date

1823

Size

10 x 15.5 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

Landscape > Land > Rocks

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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