The North Side of the Castle of Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

40748

Title

The North side of the Castle of [Edenborrow] Edinburgh

Artist / maker

Slezer, John

Date

1690

Size

20.5 x 40.4 cm

Type

Pencil work; Wash drawing

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 more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.

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The North side of the Castle of Edinburgh