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Location Information:
Edinburgh Castle is a castle
fortress which dominates the
sky-line of the city of Edinburgh,
Scotland, from its position atop the
volcanic Castle Rock. Human
habitation of the site is dated back
as far as the 9th century BC,
although the nature of early
settlement is unclear. There has
been a royal castle here since at
least the reign of David I in the
12th century, and the site continued
to be a royal residence until the
Union of the Crowns in 1603. As one
of the most important fortresses in
the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh
Castle has been involved in many
historical conflicts, from the Wars
of Scottish Independence in the 14th
century, up to the Jacobite Rising
of 1745, and has been besieged, both
successfully and unsuccessfully, on
several occasions. From the later
17th century, the castle became a
military base, with a large
garrison. Its importance as a
historic monument was recognised
from the 19th century, and various
restoration programmes have been
carried out since.
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