Back of Hospital, Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1982

Title

Back of Hospital, Edinburgh Castle

Description

On either side of a cobblestone pathway are buildings. One of the buildings belong to the hospital in Edinburgh Castle. The buildings have tiled roofs, one building has a stone balcony. At either side of another entrance way are sentry posts.

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1955

Size

14.8 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.

The military hospital at Edinburgh Castle was housed in the Great Hall at one time, but in 1897 it was moved into the two buildings which had been built in 1753, to a design by William Skinner, for use as ordnance stores.

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