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By the 12th century Edinburgh was well established, founded upon the famous castle rock, the volcanic crag and tail geological feature shaped by 2 million years of glacial activity. Flourishing alongside it to the east, another community developed around the Abbey of Holyrood, known as Canongate.
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BARNBOUGLE CASTLEBarnbougle Castle is a much-altered tower house on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and South Queensferry. It lies within the Dalmeny Estate, and is the property of the Earl of Rosebery. Although its history goes back to the 13th century, the present castle is the result of rebuilding in 1881 ... |
CRAIGLOCKHART CASTLECraiglockhart Castle is a 15th century ruin in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh. Built by the Kincaid family during the 15th century, it has since changed hands to the Lockharts of Lee. It was originally four stories high, but now only two stories remain. It is situated in the Napier University Craiglockhart Campus ... |
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CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated 3 miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. It was begun in the late 14th century by the Preston family, feudal barons of Craigmillar, and extended through the 15th and 16th centuries ... |
CRAMOND TOWERCramond Tower is a fifteenth century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh. The castle was at one stage part of the bishop of Dunkeld's residence. It became the property of John Inglis, an English merchant, in 1662. His grandson moved to the nearby Cramond House and the tower was abandoned ... |
DUNDAS CASTLEDundas Castle is a 15th century castle, with substantial 19th century additions by William Burn, near South Queensferry, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the home of the Dundas family, and remains in private hands. The modern Dundas Castle was built in 1818 by the renowned architect William Burn ... |
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EDINBURGH CASTLE Edinburgh Castle is a castle fortress which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the 12th century ... |
EDINBURGH TOWN WALLSThere have been several town walls around Edinburgh, since the 12th century. Some form of wall probably existed from the foundation of the royal burgh around 1125, though the first building is recorded in the mid-15th century, when the King's Wall was constructed. In the 16th century the more extensive Flodden Wall was erected ... |
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LAURISTON CASTLE Lauriston Castle is a 16th century tower house with 19th century extensions overlooking the Firth of Forth, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The original tower house was built around 1590 by Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston, the father of John Napier (1550-1617), the inventor of logarithms, for his younger son, also named Archibald ... |
MERCHISTON CASTLEMerchiston Castle or Merchiston Tower was probably built by Alexander Napier, the second Laird of Merchiston around 1454. It serves as the seat for Clan Napier. It is perhaps most notable for being the home of John Napier, the 8th Laird of Merchiston, inventor of logarithms who was born there in 1550 ... |
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MONS MEG Mons Meg is a medieval supergun now located at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. There are conflicting theories about its origins, but it appears from the accounts of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy that it was made to his order around 1449 and sent as a gift 8 years later to King James II of Scotland, with other artillery supplies ... |
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