New flagpole installed at Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

2004

Title

New flagpole installed at Edinburgh Castle

Description

A helicopter flying above Edinburgh Castle and surrounding housing and tenement buildings is used to install a new flagpole at the Castle.

Artist / maker

McGarry, Paul

Date

1992

Size

16 x 22.4 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.

Find out more about visiting Edinburgh Castle at Historic Environment Scotland.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Air > Helicopters