Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1819

Title

Edinburgh Castle

Description

Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop. The fortification has a half-moon battery. Below the Castle is a road with houses on either side. Women are standing in the road, one of whom is carrying a load on her back.

Artist / maker

Prout, Samuel

Date

1810

Size

22 x 16.5 cm

Type

Watercolour

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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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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