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Castle floodlit from the Magdalen Chapel
Malcolm, George, 1934, Photograph
Castle floodlit from the Magdalen Chapel
Castle floodlit from the Magdalen Chapel
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40370
Title
Castle floodlit from the Magdalen Chapel
Artist / maker
Malcolm, George
Date
1934
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29.7 x 24.5 cm
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Photograph
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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 the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.
The Magdalen Chapel is situated on the Cowgate in Edinburgh. It was built in 1544 with a bequest made by Michael MacQueen. After the death of MacQueen's wife the chapel passed to the Incorporation of Hammermen, a guild of metalworkers, who decorated the space with their work. It has the only surviving pre-Reformation stained glass in Scotland left 'in situ'. It is now the headquarters of the Scottish Reformation Society.
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