Edinburgh Castle, port hole

Category

Library Item

Item no

3667

Title

Edinburgh Castle, port hole

Description

Two men who are soldiers stand beside a cannon. A sergeant with a hat and a sash leans on the gun while a soldier with a bearskin hat, sporran and rifle stands beside the weapon.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1847

Size

19.2 x 14.5 cm

Type

Salted paper print

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.

Find out more about visiting Edinburgh Castle at Historic Environment Scotland.

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