Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel

Category

Library Item

Item no

529

Title

Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel

Description

Edinburgh Castle as seen from the Vennel. On the right can be seen remains of the tower set at the corner of the Flodden Wall and on the left houses. There is a cart with a team of horses from which men are unloading wood.

Artist / maker

Nattes, John Claude

Engraver

Fittler, J

Date

1800

Size

22 x 27 cm.

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Vennel is a narrow street in Edinburgh leading from West Port near the Grassmarket to Heriot Place near George Heriot's School. 'Vennel' is a Scots word meaning 'steep lane'.

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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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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