Edinburgh Castle
Parish: Edinburgh
County: Midlothian
Grid reference: NT 25112 73497
Lat / long: 55.94783372, -3.199473795
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.
