Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as a military garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half.
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Battle of Raith 596
Angles, battleBattle of Roslin 1303
battleBattle of Wester Kinghorn 1332
battleBattle of Boroughmuir 1335
Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, battleCleanse the Causeway 1520
battleBattle of Linlithgow Bridge 1526
battleBattle of Pinkie 1547
battleSiege of Haddington 1548
siegeSiege of Leith 1560
siegeBattle of Carberry Hill 1567
battleBattle of Inverkeithing 1651
Commonwealth of England, Kingdom of Scotland, battleBattle of Rullion Green 1666
battleSkirmish of Dunfermline 1715
skirmishBattle of Prestonpans 1745
Jacobitism, Kingdom of Great Britain, battleBattle of the River Forth 1939
Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, battleArgyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle
artillery batteryArtillery Fortifications, Inchkeith
artillery batteryBalgonie Castle, artillery fortification
artillery batteryBraefoot Point Battery
artillery batteryCharles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery
artillery battery, military baseCrombie anti-aircraft battery
artillery batteryDalmeny Battery
artillery batteryDowning Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches
artillery battery, military baseEdinburgh Castle, Butts Battery
artillery batteryEdinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery
artillery batteryEdinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery
artillery batteryEdinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery
artillery batteryEdinburgh Castle, Low Defence
artillery batteryEdinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery
artillery batteryHound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage
artillery batteryLeith Links, artillery mounds
artillery batteryLiberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels
anti-aircraft batteryDowning Point Battery 1914
artillery batteryBraefoot Battery 1915
artillery battery16, 17, 18 West Preston Street, Edinburgh
air-raid shelter33 East Port, Dunfermline
air-raid shelter79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh
air-raid shelterAlderston House - Lothian Region, Alternative Standby Headquarters
Lothian Regional Council, civil defense centerBarnton Quarry
Royal Air Force station, bunker, quarryBurgh Chambers, 15 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness
air-raid shelterCraigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room
blockhouse, bunker, command centerEdinburgh City Control
City of Edinburgh Council, civil defense centerEdinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters
ROTOR R4 bunkerEdinburgh Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters
Royal Observer Corps, bunkerKirknewton Regional War Room
bunkerPollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh
air-raid shelter, sports instituteShrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
air-raid shelterSouth Queensferry Air Raid Shelter
air-raid shelterVogrie House - Midlothian Alternative Standby Headquarters
Midlothian Council, civil defense centerBalgonie Castle
castle, tripadvisorBlackness Castle
Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisorByres Castle
bastle house, tripadvisorCairns Castle
tower house, tripadvisorCarberry Tower
castle, tripadvisorDalhousie Castle
castle, tripadvisorDalkeith Palace
castle, palace, tripadvisorDirleton Castle
Historic Environment Scotland, tower house, tripadvisorDundas Castle
tower house, tripadvisorDunfermline Palace
Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisorLinlithgow Palace
castle, tripadvisorMidhope Castle
tower house, tripadvisorPreston Tower
tower house, tripadvisorSeton Castle
castle, tripadvisorEdinburgh Castle 1200
Historic Environment Scotland, archaeological site, building complex, castle, museum, tourist attraction, tripadvisorCraigmillar Castle 1300
Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisorRoslin Castle 1305
castle, tripadvisorBorthwick Castle 1430
tower house, tripadvisorRavenscraig Castle 1460
castle, tripadvisorNiddry Castle 1500
tower house, tripadvisorSeafield Tower 1542
tower house, tripadvisorLeith Fort
barracks, fortNational War Museum 1933
military museum, national museum, tripadvisorHMY Britannia 1953
museum ship, preserved watercraft, royal yacht, tripadvisorMilitary Museum Scotland 2017
military museum, tripadvisorHMS Bayonet
Net-class boom defence vessel, boom defence vessel, shipwreckHMS Campania 1914
seaplane tender, shipwreckUSS Stockton 1917
Caldwell-class destroyer, Town-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreckTally Toor 1810
Martello tower
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Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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event | armed conflict | 596 | Battle of Raith | Angles, battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1303 | Battle of Roslin | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1332 | Battle of Wester Kinghorn | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1335 | Battle of Boroughmuir | Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1520 | Cleanse the Causeway | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1526 | Battle of Linlithgow Bridge | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1547 | Battle of Pinkie | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1548 | Siege of Haddington | siege | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1560 | Siege of Leith | siege | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1567 | Battle of Carberry Hill | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1651 | Battle of Inverkeithing | Commonwealth of England, Kingdom of Scotland, battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1666 | Battle of Rullion Green | battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1715 | Skirmish of Dunfermline | skirmish | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1745 | Battle of Prestonpans | Jacobitism, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
event | armed conflict | 1939 | Battle of the River Forth | Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
link | channel | Facebook channel@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Art UK website page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Burgenwelt page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Canmore page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Cultural Inventory page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Historic Environment Scotland page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Mapping Museums page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
organisation | factory | 1918 | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | business, shipbuilding, shipyard | Wikidata |
organisation | shipbuilding company | 1877 | Ramage & Ferguson | shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
organisation | shipbuilding company | 1918 | Henry Robb | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
site | artillery battery | Argyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Braefoot Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery | artillery battery, military base | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Crombie anti-aircraft battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Dalmeny Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches | artillery battery, military base | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Butts Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Low Defence | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Leith Links, artillery mounds | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
site | artillery battery | 1914 | Downing Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
site | artillery battery | 1915 | Braefoot Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
site | bunker | 16, 17, 18 West Preston Street, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | 33 East Port, Dunfermline | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | 79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Alderston House - Lothian Region, Alternative Standby Headquarters | Lothian Regional Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Barnton Quarry | Royal Air Force station, bunker, quarry | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Burgh Chambers, 15 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Craigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | blockhouse, bunker, command center | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Edinburgh City Control | City of Edinburgh Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Edinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters | ROTOR R4 bunker | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Edinburgh Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, bunker | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Kirknewton Regional War Room | bunker | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Pollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter, sports institute | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | South Queensferry Air Raid Shelter | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
site | bunker | Vogrie House - Midlothian Alternative Standby Headquarters | Midlothian Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Balgonie Castle | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Blackness Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Byres Castle | bastle house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Cairns Castle | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Carberry Tower | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Dalhousie Castle | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Dalkeith Palace | castle, palace, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Dirleton Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Dundas Castle | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Dunfermline Palace | Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Linlithgow Palace | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Midhope Castle | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Preston Tower | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | Seton Castle | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | castle | 1200 | Edinburgh Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, archaeological site, building complex, castle, museum, tourist attraction, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1300 | Craigmillar Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1305 | Roslin Castle | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1430 | Borthwick Castle | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1460 | Ravenscraig Castle | castle, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1500 | Niddry Castle | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | castle | 1542 | Seafield Tower | tower house, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | fort | Leith Fort | barracks, fort | Wikidata | |
site | museum | Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle | military museum, tripadvisor | Wikidata | |
site | museum | 1933 | National War Museum | military museum, national museum, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | museum | 1953 | HMY Britannia | museum ship, preserved watercraft, royal yacht, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | museum | 2017 | Military Museum Scotland | military museum, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | shipwreck | HMS Bayonet | Net-class boom defence vessel, boom defence vessel, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
site | shipwreck | HMS Ivanhoe | naval trawler, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
site | shipwreck | 1914 | HMS Campania | seaplane tender, shipwreck | Wikidata |
site | shipwreck | 1917 | USS Stockton | Caldwell-class destroyer, Town-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck | Wikidata |
site | tower | 1810 | Tally Toor | Martello tower | Wikidata |
commons | image | Edinburgh Castle | Commons | ||
commons | image | View of Edinburgh Castle (2024) | Commons | ||
commons | image | Edinburgh castle 2 | Commons | ||
commons | image | The Castle of Edinburgh | Commons | ||
commons | image | +1093 wurd die Burg erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. 14 | Commons | ||
commons | image | Photograph of Edinburgh Castle from the Grass Market circa 1865 and 1885 | Commons | ||
commons | image | Edinburgh Castle seen from Princes Street Gardens | Commons | ||
commons | image | Edinburgh Castle and the main gate from the Esplanade | Commons | ||
commons | image | Main gate of Edinburgh Castle | Commons | ||
commons | image | Edinburgh Castle. | Commons |