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Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama
Unknown, 1949, Photograph, Reproduction
Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama
Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama
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40807
Title
Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1949
Size
28.9 x 38.0 cm
Type
Photograph
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Reproduction
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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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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