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Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars
Unknown, 1908, Photograph, Postcard
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Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars
Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars
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Item no
1803
Title
Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars
Description
Edinburgh Castle sits on a rocky outcrop. A flag is flying from a flagpole on a tower in the fortification. To the fore is a slate tile roof of a house which sits behind some trees. In the foreground is Greyfriars Graveyard with gravestones and burial plots. Inscriptions on some of the headstones are legible.
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Unknown
Date
1908
Size
13.5 x 8.4 cm
Type
Photograph
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Postcard
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.
Greyfriars Kirkyard, or Graveyard, is the burial ground of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. It houses the graves of many notable historical figures including the poet Allan Ramsay, the geologist James Hutton and the architect William Adam. In 1679 several hundred Covenanters were imprisoned in the Kirkyard awaiting trial.
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