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2. Edinburgh Castle - Wikipedia

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   Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age . There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

3. List of castles in Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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   Edinburgh Castle: Royal fortress 12th-21st century Site of a castle since the 12th century, [20] Edinburgh Castle contains buildings of multiple periods and functions, including the royal palace, great hall, and 19th-century barracks. Inchgarvie Castle: Tower house 15th century Lauriston Castle: Tower house with later mansion 16th century

4. William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling - Wikipedia

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   Nova Scotia plaque on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. William Alexander Monument, built of stones from his Menstrie Castle, Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1957). In 1621, King James I granted Stirling a royal charter appointing him mayor of a vast territory which was enlarged into a lordship and barony of Nova Scotia (meaning New Scotland); the area is now known as Nova Scotia, New ...

5. National War Museum - Wikipedia

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   The National War Museum is a museum dedicated to warfare, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.Opened in 1933 in a converted 18th-century ordnance storehouse, the museum is run by the National Museums Scotland and covers 400 years of Scotland at war from the 17th century through permanent exhibits and special exhibitions.

6. Scottish National War Memorial - Wikipedia

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   Sir Robert Lorimer, the architect of the Order of the Thistle's Thistle Chapel in St Giles' Cathedral [1] and one of the architects involved in the Imperial War Graves Commission, [3] was appointed in 1919, but opposition to a large-scale monument arose from the Cockburn Association and others concerned with the castle's heritage.

7. Category:Castles in Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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   Castles in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Edinburgh Castle (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Castles in Edinburgh" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of ...