View Down Castlehill and Lawnmarket

Category

Library Item

Item no

2199

Title

View down Castlehill and Lawnmarket taken from the top of the old Outlook Tower

Description

The view captures the Royal Mile, Lawnmarket and Castlehill. The top of St Giles Cathedral can be seen through the fog of smoke. On the road below are horses-drawn carts and people walking.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Size

20.8 x 15 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Castlehill is the section of the Royal Mile running from Castle Esplanade to the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh.

Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late eighteenth century.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Streets

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