Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

7798

Title

Edinburgh Castle

Description

Edinburgh Castle with its fortifications which includes the Half Moon Battery is visible above the Grassmaket area of Edinburgh. The area has trade premises which include a tobacco and snuff factory, a carrier's warehouse and the Black Bull Inn. On the cobblestone road outside these establishments are horses and carts, people and a cart laden with barrels.

Artist / maker

Wilson, George Washington

Date

1880

Size

17 x 11.1 cm

Type

Photograph

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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Business > Service industry > Trade premises

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Eating and drinking facilities > Inns

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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