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The gallery contains photos of Edinburgh Castle taken from various vantage points and at different times of the day and year. Click on the thumbnails to see larger sized photographs of Edinburgh Castle. The picture size on average is 80kb.

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Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags The Castle taken from Johnston Terrace Picture taken at dusk from Holyrood Park looking towards the Castle and the Hub View towards Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags on an early July morning Another view towards the Castle from Salisbury Crags The National Gallery of Scotland and Edinburgh Castle from North Bridge Edinburgh panorama taken from Waverley Bridge Ramsay Garden and part of the Castle from Calton Hill Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket Picture taken from Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral Clock Tower on an early July morning Picture of the One O'Clock Gun Edinburgh Castle and the statue of Allan Ramsay from above the Floral Clock in West Princes Street Gardens View towards the Castle from West Princes Street Gardens early in the morning View towards the Castle from West Princes Street Gardens early in the morning Picture of the Castle Rock and the Ross Fountain taken in the evening The Castle Rock on a summer evening Picture of West Princes Street Gardens and Castle taken in the evening Edinburgh Castle at sunset from Salisbury Crags Panorama with the Castle, Ramsay Garden and the National Galleries of Scotland from the Scott Monument Picture taken from the Rooftop of the Tower Restaurant at the Museum of Scotland The artillery in the Middle Ward at Edinburgh Castle on a busy summer day Picture taken looking towards Calton Hill, Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument from the Castle Edinburgh Castle, Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument from Calton Hill The Ross Band Stand and Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle One of the pictures of the artillery in the Middle Ward at Edinburgh Castle Picture taken looking towards the Bank of Scotland, Ramsay Garden and St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars Kirkyard The Middle Ward from near St. Margaret's Chapel, the oldest building in Edinburgh Castle The Dog Cemetery in the Castle, a small garden used as burial ground for officers' pets Scott Monument from Edinburgh Castle Mons Meg a huge siege gun now kept in the Castle Picture taken looking along a cannon towards Calton Hill Preparations for the One o'Clock Gun that fires every day at 1pm sharp Edinburgh Castle from Calton Hill in late morning on a December day

Pictures of Edinburgh Castle vaults and prison

The Prisons of War experience at Edinburgh Castle Entrance to the Castle vaults Sights and sounds part of the prisons experience Vaults cell where prisoners used to be held Doorway to Castle vaults Boat handcrafted by prisoners in 18th century

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photograph of Balmoral Hotel and Edinburgh Castle at dusk, from Calton Hill. Photo #G3917

View of Edinburgh Castle and many Old Town landmarks (Tolbooth, Camera Obscura, Ramsay Gardens, etc) with the distinctive Calton Hill cannon in the foreground. Photo #G3906

Image of the statue of Sir Walter Scott, part of the Scott Monument. Photo #F0199

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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