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Edinburgh Castle Battery
Unknown, 1945, Photograph
Edinburgh Castle Battery
Edinburgh Castle Battery
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2032
Title
Edinburgh Castle Battery, outer vault, showing stalactites
Description
Edinburgh Castle Battery, outer vault, showing stalactites
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1945
Size
20.5 x 15.5 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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