Edinburgh Castle from the Links

Category

Library Item

Item no

528

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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Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Parks

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