Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1983

Title

Edinburgh Castle

Description

A crowd of people stand on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle, some are looking over the side. A small defensive wall is below them. Beside this wall are some rocks and a pathway leading to a floodlight. Behind the crowd is a small building with an arched entrance and another building with a tiled roof.

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1946

Size

15.5 x 10.9 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.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Battlements

Architecture > Architectural features > Walls

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Rock formations

People > Adults > Groups

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Edinburgh Castle

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh