Chateau d' Edimbourg

Category

Library Item

Item no

40376

Title

Chateau d' Edimbourg

Artist / maker

Pernot, Francois A.

Date

1820

Size

23.5 x 17.0 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh Castle stands on a volcanic plug. It has been used as a fortification since the Iron Age. The oldest part of the present day castle is St Margaret's Chapel which dates from 1093. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.

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