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Edinburgh Castle from the Calton Hill
Ewbank, John Wilson, 1825, Engraving
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Edinburgh Castle from the Calton Hill
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Title
Edinburgh Castle from the Calton Hill
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Underneath the beams of sunlight bursting through an overhead cloud are Edinburgh Castle and the Mound. Sunbeams illuminate North Bridge but the buildings of Calton Gaol remain in the shadows. People are just visible beside the walls of the prison.
Artist / maker
Ewbank, John Wilson
Engraver
Lizars, W. H.
Date
1825
Size
20.4 x 26.7 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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