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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...
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    This stronghold is believed to have been located at Castle Rock, now the site of Edinburgh Castle. A siege of Din Eidyn by Oswald, king of the Angles...
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    Castle Rock (Scottish Gaelic: Creag a' Chaisteil, IPA:[ˈkʰʲɾʲekˈaˈxaʃtʰʲɪl]) is a volcanic plug in the middle of Edinburgh upon which Edinburgh Castle...
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    teams on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the capital of Scotland. The event is held each August as one of the Edinburgh Festivals. The term tattoo...
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  • Edinburgh Castle, an estate and now ruined great house in Saint Ann, was built by Jamaica's earliest recorded serial killer, Lewis Hutchinson. It had two...
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  • Edinburgh Castle Rock may refer to: Edinburgh Castle sits on a volcanic plug called Castle Rock Edinburgh rock, a Scottish confection sometimes known...
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    several castles, including Stirling and Edinburgh Castle, under the Treaty of Falaise. There is no evidence that the English actually occupied the castle, and...
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  • Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Castle may also refer to: Edinburgh Castle, Jamaica, a plantation house Edinburgh...
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    The governor of Edinburgh Castle, also sometimes known as the Keeper or Captain, had overall control of the royal castle of Edinburgh, Scotland. The governor...
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    Lauriston Castle is a 16th-century tower house with 19th-century extensions overlooking the Firth of Forth, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on Cramond...
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    Edinburgh rock or Edinburgh Castle rock is a traditional Scottish confection, and is quite distinct from conventional rock. It consists of sugar, water...
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    Craigmillar Castle Cramond Roman Fort Dalmeny House Dean Cemetery Dean Village Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh) Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Dungeon Edinburgh International...
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    500 years. In 1996, the stone was returned to Scotland, and kept in Edinburgh Castle with the Honours of Scotland. The stone remains property of the Crown...
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    Mile (Edinburgh) Castle to Holyrood(house)". The Royal Mile runs between two significant locations in the royal history of Scotland: Edinburgh Castle and...
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    the east of the city centre, about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Edinburgh Castle. The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m (822 ft), provides...
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    the Castle Rock, or Arthur's Seat or the Calton Hill. During the time of the Gododdin, the territory of Lothian came to be recognized, with Edinburgh as...
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    Edinburgh Castle was a Union-Castle Line steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship that was launched in 1910 and sunk in 1945. In peacetime she was...
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    Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles (4.8 km) south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the...
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  • period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor...
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    additional munitions at Edinburgh Castle. Dumbarton Castle was used as prison for Regent Morton in June 1581 before his execution in Edinburgh. On 8 September...
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    commanded the TA Media Operations Group before being appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 2019. Royal, Religious and National Events Commentator for Sky News...
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    John Chisholm brought guns from Edinburgh Castle. William Kirkcaldy of Grange was made keeper of the castle. Dunbar Castle was finally slighted by order...
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  • (d.1265), and Margaret de Somery. In 1291, he was made Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He was created 1st Baron Basset of Drayton in 1295. Ralph Basset was...
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  • English to sack Leith and Edinburgh, and the city was burnt on 7 May. However, the Scottish artillery within Edinburgh Castle harassed the English forces...
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    the Scots)), attributed to Turgot of Durham, Margaret died at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1093, merely days after receiving the news of her...
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    Honours of Scotland (category Edinburgh Castle)
    by Scottish monarchs at their coronation. Kept in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle, they date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and are the oldest surviving...
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  • The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and its castle were captured and the English army briefly occupied Edinburgh. These events followed the signing of the...
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    drama, film, and Scottish 'piping and dancing' on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, a structure that was followed in subsequent years. The Festival has...
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    previously. The central symbol is a castle, representing Edinburgh Castle. The castle represents Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh's principal landmark. The crest...
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    the main street of the Old Town which runs on a downwards slope from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes (alleyways)...
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