Snow covered Castle Esplanade at dusk

Category

Library Item

Item no

2206

Title

Snow covered Castle Esplanade at dusk

Description

Snow lies on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle at dusk. Watch towers rise from the walls.

Artist / maker

Reid, William

Date

1930

Size

14.2 x 19.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Castle Esplanade is an area of open ground between Edinburgh Castle and Castlehill. The area is used for the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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 from Historic Environment Scotland.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Natural phenomena > Weather > Snow

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh