5%
5%
10%
10%
15%
15%
20%
20%
Daily time (pm) the
canon is fired
Steps up from the
Grassmarket
Year BC of Castle Rock's first settlement
1,600
850
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Rooms
I C O N S
A glimpse into the most
famous buildings around
the network
Edinburgh Castle
Extinct
volcano
Royal
palace
PHOTO
REX FEATURES
Edinburgh Castle
THE FACTS
WHERE
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
GAELIC NAME
DUN EIDYN CASTLE
HEIGHT
30
M
AGE
822
YEARS
ANNUAL VISITORS
1.3
MILLION+
LITERARY MUSE
Said to have been the
inspiration for Hogwarts
A LITTLE CASH?
According to
The Secret Life of Edinburgh
Castle,
Johnny Cash was once taunted in the
Castle's toilets about the size of his manhood
A CASTLE OF MANY TALENTS
ROYAL PALACE
The last time a monarch
stayed was
400
years ago
TORTURE CHAMBER
Used by James VI "Hammer
of the Witches" to execute
these unfortunates in the
16
th century
MILITARY
GARRISON
For many centuries
a fort and arsenal, it
still has barracks
HAUNTED HOUSE
Said to be visited by a headless
drummer boy, a ghoulish piper,
wailing prisoners and a ghost dog
VIRGIN
SAFEHOUSE
In the 11th century
it was known as the
Castle of Maidens
PIRATE PRISON
Notorious sea dogs
were kept here
in the 1700s
GIG VENUE
The great Olly Murs has
played here, among others
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