Edinburgh Castle (UEB contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This page shows an image of the front of the castle. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the image is the correct way up. The image is surrounded by an image border. The entrance to the castle is in the bottom right of the image. It is in a separate gatehouse in front of the main castle. A very small part of the car park, where the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is held, is at the very bottom of the image. There is a dry moat between the car park and the gatehouse so there is a short bridge between the two leading to the arched entrance. To the left and right of the entrance are two tall niches each with a statue in. The statures are not shown. To the left and right of the niches are two narrow vertical defensive slits. They would protect someone inside firing through them at attackers on the outside. Up from the entrance are three windows. The middle one has a coat of arms shield in front of it. The top of the building is has low castellation. The top of the building up from the entrance is slightly higher than the rest. It ends to the left and right with a small rounded turret. The stonework of this building has a hint of yellow, where the rest of the castle is plain grey. Up from and behind the gatehouse is a high wall. On the left it curves backwards. Along the top of the wall is a series of arched holes. Each one would have an old fashioned cannon poking out. The cannons are not shown. Up from and to the left of this wall is the rest of the main castle. It sits on a rocky outcrop which drops away steeply down and to the left. There is a small section of slated roof at the top left of the castle. Down from and to the right are a pattern of windows high up in the castle wall. Two sections of the top of the castle have castellation. Up from the castellation on the left is a small tower which also has castellation. It has a flag pole which is flying the Scottish St Andrews flag. To the right of the main castle are two small buildings with slate roofs. Most of them are hidden by other parts of the castle.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/08/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Ian Green
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.