This is Edinburgh's oldest building! #stmargaretschapel #edinburghcastle #edinburgh | Absolute History

Edinburgh Castle Experience: 🏰Pass by and admire the power of The Portcullis Gate constructed 450 years ago 🏰Climb Lang Stairs. They provide a direct route with 70 steps to the castle’s summit. They were the original entrance and an alternative route was created in the 1600s for moving heavy guns 🏰St. Margaret’s Chapel is the oldest building in the castle, built around 1130. It has plain exteriors but ornate original arches and stained glass windows inside 🏰Mons Meg is a six-tonne siege gun

Have you seen the Honours of Scotland on display at #EdinburghCastle? This week, they'll be formally presented to King Charles III at St Giles’ Cathedral as part of the National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication. But you don't have to be in #Edinburgh to see Scotland's Crown jewels! You can take a closer look at the Crown of Scotland, the Sceptre and the Sword of State from anywhere in the world thanks to brand new digital scans from Historic Environment Scotland. | Historic Scotland

My Top 5 favourite Scottish Castles gbsct #scotland #castles #history | Scotland Uncovered

VisitScotland - 19 castles. 6 days. 1 amazing experience...

Scotland contains some of the oldest (and most famous) castles in the world, and they each have a story to tell about this country’s fascinating, but violent and turbulent, past.On record, there have been around 3000 castles built in Scotland over the centuries, with about half of them still in existence today. The architecture, furnishings, art, and artifacts - even the ruins of some castles—all have stories to tell about those who lived and worked there. And almost all of Scotland’s castles, w