The Well House Tower, Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

2054

Title

The Well House Tower, Edinburgh Castle

Description

Above a path through Princes Street Gardens a girl walks along a wall towards the Well House Tower of Edinburgh Castle. St Cuthbert's Church with its spire and two cupolas is in the background.

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1945

Size

11.2 x 13.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Well House Tower now stands in Princes Street Gardens, immediately below Castle Rock. It was built in 1362 to guard St Margaret's Well, one of Edinburgh's principal water sources.

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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