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Edinburgh Castle from the West End
Unknown, 1959, Photograph
Edinburgh Castle from the West End
Edinburgh Castle from the West End
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Item no
1981
Title
Edinburgh Castle from the West End
Description
Edinburgh Castle sits on the Castle Rock overlooking Lothian Road. St. John's Church can be seen on the far left, whilst St. Cuthbert's stands in the middle. A graveyard with headstones is visible between both kirks. The edge of the Caledonian Hotel with a Union Jack flying outside is on the right-hand side. A parade makes its way up Lothian Road with musicians in highland dress, including bearskin hats and kilts. The pipers are playing bagpipes whilst other musicians are playing drums. The street they are marching along is lined with crowds. People on bicycles follow the parade and taxis, cars and a bus can also be seen.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1959
Size
25 x 20 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
St Cuthbert's Church sits below Edinburgh Castle, to the east of Lothian Road. First records of a church on the site date from 1127. The current building was completed in 1894, retaining the tower that was added to the previous building in 1789.
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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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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Whose Town? Edinburgh in the 1950s
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