Dogs' Cemetery, Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

2090

Title

Dogs' Cemetery, Edinburgh Castle

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1945

Size

12 x 16.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Dogs' Cemetery in Edinburgh Castle has been used as a burial ground for regimental mascots and officers' pet dogs since the 1840s.

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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