Edinburgh Castle Viewed on 10th August 1824

Category

Library Item

Item no

501

Title

Edinburgh Castle viewed on 10th August 1824

Description

The battlements and buildings of Edinburgh Castle rise above the road below where people are walking. Gunloops can be seen on some of the castle walls.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1824

Size

33 x 23 cm.

Type

Wash drawing

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

By 1824 West Princes Street Gardens had been laid out as formal gardens, but the East Gardens from which this view was taken were not planted until 1830. 'Geordie Boyd's Mud Brig' (the Mound) cuts starkly across the valley.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

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Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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