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St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
Inglis, Alexander Adam , 1895, Photograph
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St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
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St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
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St Margaret's Chapel and Mons Meg in Edinburgh Castle. The cannon is in front of the church. Inscriptions are on the gun carriage. Steps lead into the arched entrance of the chapel.
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Inglis, Alexander Adam
Date
1895
Size
13.2 x 17.2 cm
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Photograph
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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. It was built in the early 12th century by David I in honour of his mother, Margaret, who died in 1093. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.
Mons Meg is a large seige gun presented to James II by Philip, Duke of Burgundy in 1457. It is one of a pair constructed in Mons in present day Belgium. The gun's sheer size limited its mobility and therefore its military utility. Mons Meg continued to be used for ceremonial purposes until 1681 when it burst whilst being fired to celebrate the Duke of Albany's birthday. It was repaired but has not been fired since.
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