Edinburgh Castle from foot of Candlemaker Row

Category

Library Item

Item no

1979

Title

Edinburgh Castle from foot of Candlemaker Row

Description

Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop overlooking the shops, inns and houses of the Grassmarket. Men and women are walking around the area. Shops are on the ground level of the buildings. Two large barrels are on the kerb of a pavement; just beyond them is a parked car.

Artist / maker

Reid, William

Date

1930

Size

18.5 x 12 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Candlemaker Row runs from the corner of Forrest Road, outside the National Museum of Scotland, down to the Grassmarket. It travels along the east side of Greyfriars Kirkyard.

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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