Edinburgh Castle

Template:Infobox Castle Edinburgh Castle is a castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is built on the volcanic Castle Rock in the centre of Edinburgh, and is easy to see from the main shopping streets. In 1103, Edinburgh Castle was built which makes the Castle over 900 years old. The castle has a military display every year, called a tattoo, where soldiers show their skills at marching and competitions, and there are brass bands and bands of bagpipes.

Edinburgh Castle Media

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  Diagram of a crag and tail feature, such as the Castle Rock: A is the crag formed from the volcanic plug, B is the tail of softer rock, and C shows the direction of ice movement. In the case of Edinburgh, the castle stands on the crag (A) with the Royal Mile extending along the tail (B).

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  The castle is built on a volcanic rock, as seen here in a 19th-century view from the Grassmarket area

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  The Castle seen from the North

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  Map of northern Britain showing the Gododdin and other tribes c.600 AD

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  St Margaret, depicted in a stained glass window in the chapel of Edinburgh Castle

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  Statues of Robert the Bruce by Thomas Clapperton and William Wallace by Alexander Carrick were added to the Gatehouse entrance in 1929.

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  A late-16th-century depiction of the castle, from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, showing David's Tower at the centre

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  Edinburgh Castle as it may have looked before the Lang Siege of 1571–1573, with David's Tower and the Palace block, centre and left

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  Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, who held the castle on behalf of Queen Mary during the Lang Siege of 1571–73. Painting by Jean Clouet