Edinburgh Castle from Castle Terrace

Category

Library Item

Item no

24053

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Castle Terrace

Description

A view looking up at Edinburgh Castle on its rocky mound from Castle Terrace. A red and white bus travels along the road and cars are parked on the other side beneath the rocks.

Artist / maker

Thompson, Dr. Gordon I.

Date

1960

Size

2.3 x 3.5 cm

Type

Slide transparency

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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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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