Castle Bank

Category

Library Item

Item no

1944

Title

Castle Bank

Description

Edinburgh Castle rises above this busy scene with people grouped in conversation and a man on horseback. On either side of a road are houses and shops. One of the shopfronts has barrels outside its window. A herd of cows are being driven along the road behind a horse-drawn cart.

Artist / maker

Geikie, Walter

Engraver

Geikie, Walter

Date

1830

Size

13.6 x 17.7 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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Animals > Mammals > Cattle

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