Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

1984

Title

Edinburgh Castle

Description

The buildings including tenements of the Old Town spread out from Edinburgh Castle. At the bottom of the sloped ground below the castle is the Grassmarket where cars and lorries are parked. Through the centre of the Grassmarket are a row of trees. In the distance across the city roofs smoke rises from industrial chimneys.

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1950

Size

11.9 x 16.2 cm

Type

Photograph

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.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh