Houses Removed for Building of Castlehill School

Category

Library Item

Item no

2209

Title

Houses removed for building of Castlehill School

Description

People look out from windows in Tenement housing on Castlehill, Edinburgh. Buckets and bedding are outside windows. The slates on one of the tiled roofs are in a state of disrepair.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1877

Size

20.5 x 24.5 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.

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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 > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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