Vue du Château d'Édinbourg

Category

Library Item

Item no

7562

Title

Vue du Château d'Édinbourg

Description

People walk along the road below the fortifications of Edinburgh Castle, the thoroughfare is also being used by horses and carts. On either side of the street there are houses.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

Basset

Date

1790

Size

29.5 x 41.9 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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