Castle Hill

Category

Library Item

Item no

2196

Title

Castle Hill

Description

Tenement housing on Castlehill in Edinburgh. Women and children are in the cobblestone street. Posters and signs are on walls. Washing dries from a window.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1885

Size

22.4 x 15.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Castlehill is the section of the Royal Mile running from Castle Esplanade to the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh.

The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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