Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me when we visited Edinburgh, so had to rely on Judy's i-Phone. This was shooting virtually straight into the sun, so I've tonemapped it in Photomax to try and bring out some of the colours.
Edinburgh Castle, which stands on the plug of an extinct volcano, is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site 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 military barracks with a large garrison.
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