East View of Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1886

Title

East View of Edinburgh Castle

Description

A reproduction copy of an original drawing by Paul Sandby. A drawbridge guards the arched entranceway of Edinburgh Castle. Buttresses are visible on many walls. On the sloping ground leading from the Castle is the Well House Tower. People, one with a dog walk and meet on pathways leading up to the Castle.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1746

Size

14.5 x 24.4 cm

Type

Reproduction

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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