The Interior Quadrangle of the Castle, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2005

Title

The interior Quadrangle of the Castle, Edinburgh

Description

The interior Quadrangle, or Crown Square, of Edinburgh Castle. In the picture are the Royal Palace and the buildings that now house the Great Hall and Scottish National War Memorial but are barracks in this picture. Soldiers in kilts and carrying guns are in the scene. On a tower is a clockface.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Hinchliff, J.

Date

1829

Size

12.2 x 16.5 cm

Type

Engraving

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 > Clocks and clock towers

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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