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Edinburgh Castle from the Links
Nicholson, F., 1798, Engraving
Edinburgh Castle from the Links
Edinburgh Castle from the Links
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Title
Edinburgh Castle from the Links
Description
Edinburgh Castle, below a very dramatic sky, as seen from Bruntsfield Links. A group of men can be seen playing shinty on the Links or Meadows.
Artist / maker
Nicholson, F.
Engraver
Walker, J
Date
1798
Size
18 x 27 cm.
Type
Engraving
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.
Bruntsfield links form a south westerly continuation of the Meadows. Golf has been played there since possibly as early as the fifteenth century, with a club formally established in 1535.
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