Edinburgh Castle from Kings Stables Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

40371

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Kings Stables Road

Artist / maker

Collins, William

Date

1820

Size

27.0 x 24.4 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

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 Destiny.

King's Stables Road runs from the west end of the Grassmarket in Edinburgh down to the north end of Lothian Road, close to St Cuthbert's Church.

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