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Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount and Argyll Batteries
Unknown, 1905, Photograph
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Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount and Argyll Batteries
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2075
Title
Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount and Argyll Batteries
Description
Mills Mount and Argyll Batteries of Edinburgh Castle. A large cobblestone area with cannons positioned on battlements. A watch tower rises from the defensive wall. The roofs of several castle buildings are visible. The scene overlooks Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1905
Size
15.1 x 20 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The famous One O'Clock Gun is fired every day except Sunday at 1pm from Edinburgh Castle's Mills Mount Battery.
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 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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