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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.
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
Castle Explorer; CastleStories - Google Map Explorer; Scottish castles guide; Interactive Scottish castle map (with links to Wikipedia articles of the castles and geo-links to Google maps earth view) An index to castle ruins is in "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915).List of Castle ruins "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915) p.XIX
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Castles in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Pages in category "Castles in Edinburgh"
Queensferry Crossing road bridge Edinburgh Castle Fountain at Holyrood Palace The National Monument of Scotland (right) and Nelson Monument (left) The Dean Gallery, part of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Holyrood Palace, the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Bridges in Edinburgh. Dean Bridge; Forth Road Bridge
St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] An example of Romanesque architecture , it is a category A listed building . [ 2 ] It was constructed in the 12th century, but fell into disuse after the Reformation.
View from West Princes Street looking towards Edinburgh Castle showing the fountain before restoration. The Ross Fountain was produced at the iron foundry of Antoine Durenne in Sommevoire, France. [1] It was an exhibit at the Great Exhibition of 1862. [2]
c.1130: Probable date of St Margaret's Chapel erected inside Edinburgh Castle, [4] now recognised as Edinburgh's oldest building c.1143: David I grants the Augustinian canons of Holyrood leave "to establish a burgh between that church and my burgh", thus founding the burgh of Canongate. 1162: Edinburgh is the caput of the Lothian sheriffdom