Edinburgh Castle from Johnston Terrace

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

507

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Johnston Terrace

Description

Photograph of Edinburgh Castle taken from Johnston Terrace showing the Half Moon Battery.

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1858

Size

25 x 28 cm.

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

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.

The Half Moon Battery was built in 1574 as an artillery platform and the semicircular shape gives the guns a wide range of fire.

Johnston Terrace was built in 1828 by Thomas Hamilton, its lower end crosses King's Stables Road.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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