Floodlit Edinburgh Castle and Earl Haig Statue

Category

Library Item

Item no

1963

Title

Flood lighting of Edinburgh Castle and Earl Haig Statue from the Esplanade

Description

Edinburgh Castle is floodlit against the night sky. The half-moon battery can be clearly seen. Light dances off the esplanade in the foreground and the statue of Earl Haig on a horse can be seen on the right-hand side.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1931

Size

8.7 x 13.9 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.

The Castle Esplanade is an area of open ground between Edinburgh Castle and Castlehill. The area is used for the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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Architecture > Monuments > Statues

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh