Pictures of Edinburgh Castle
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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
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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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Photo of Calton Hill with its distinctive Nelson Tower at dusk. Photo #G3408
Photograph of the monuments on Calton Hill in Edinburgh with the Firth of Forth in the background at sunrise. Photo #G3450
View looking along west Princes Street Gardens and Edinburgh Castle. Photo #4101
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.