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Edinburgh Castle from Vennel
Unknown, 1908, Photograph, Postcard
Edinburgh Castle from Vennel
Edinburgh Castle from Vennel
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Item no
1826
Title
Edinburgh Castle from Vennel
Description
**duplicate**
A view of Edinburgh Castle with half-moon battery and gun loops in the walls. In the foreground is a narrow downward sloping street, also known as a vennel. Houses are either side of the cobblestone thoroughfare with steps leading up to the doorways of some of the slate roofed houses. Street lamps are along both sides of the vennel.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1908
Size
13.6 x 8.5
Type
Photograph
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Postcard
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.
The Vennel is a narrow street in Edinburgh leading from West Port near the Grassmarket to Heriot Place near George Heriots School. 'Vennel' is a Scots word meaning 'steep lane'.
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