Edinburgh Castle from Lothian Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

1920

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Lothian Road

Description

Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop. In the foreground is a graveyard which has many gravestones and burial plots. Some of the headstones are in the shape of crosses and obelisks. The graveyard is surrounded by a metal fence. There is a small tower with a crenellated turret behind a wall. A cobblestone road leads down to another building. The Scott Monument is in the background.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1905

Size

13.3 x 20.3 cm

Type

Photograph

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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