Edinburgh Castle


Parish: Edinburgh

County: Midlothian

Grid reference: NT 25112 73497

Lat / long: 55.94783372, -3.199473795

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Probably the most famous castle in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle commands an excellent defensive position on top of Castle Rock. The site has been a defensive one since at least the end of the 6th century, when a fort here was mentioned in the old Welsh poem the Gododdin of Aneurin.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm, last updated Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 12:35 am