{"id":829,"date":"2011-06-20T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/?p=829"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:19","slug":"edinburgh-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A second set of pictures from Edinburgh Castle and the Botanical Gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastleentrance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleEntrance-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleEntrance\" title=\"EdinCastleEntrance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5714\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The esplanade in front of <a title=\"Wikipedia on Edinbrugh castle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_castle\">Edinburgh Castle<\/a>, used each year for the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Edinburgh tattoo\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_Military_Tattoo\">military tattoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlebattlements\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleBattlements-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleBattlements\" title=\"EdinCastleBattlements\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5711\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlebattlements2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleBattlements2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleBattlements2\" title=\"EdinCastleBattlements2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5710\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking north from the Argyle battery (middle ward).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlegun\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleGun-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleGun\" title=\"EdinCastleGun\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5716\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Wikipedia on the the One O'Clock Gun\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_Castle#One_O.27Clock_Gun\">One O&#8217;Clock Gun<\/a> is fired daily at 13:00. Here the gunner is retrieving the shell casing sometime after the firing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinviewfromcastle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinViewfromCastle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinViewfromCastle\" title=\"EdinViewfromCastle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View north and east over Waverley towards Calton Hill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlefoogsgate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleFoogsGate-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleFoogsGate\" title=\"EdinCastleFoogsGate\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5715\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The strangely named Foog&#8217;s Gate is the entrance to the Upper ward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlemonsmeg\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleMonsMeg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleMonsMeg\" title=\"EdinCastleMonsMeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5718\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary <a title=\"Wikipedia on Mons Meg\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mons_Meg\">Mons Meg<\/a> was capable of firing 20 inch (50 cm) stone cannon balls up to 2 miles before the barrel burst in 1680.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlecourt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleCourt-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleCourt\" title=\"EdinCastleCourt\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inner courtyard of the castle (Crown Square).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastleappartments\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleAppartments-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleAppartments\" title=\"EdinCastleAppartments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5701\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlepanel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastlePanel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastlePanel\" title=\"EdinCastlePanel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5719\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The royal apartments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlehall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleHall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleHall\" title=\"EdinCastleHall\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the <a title=\"Wikipedia on hammerbeam roof\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hammerbeam_roof\">hammerbeam roof<\/a>, the current state of the Great Hall owes more to Victorian taste than historical accuracy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edincastlecadet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinCastleCadet-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinCastleCadet\" title=\"EdinCastleCadet\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5712\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The daunting eligibility requirements for a cadet in the East India Company, including, for example, to have read the first 3 books of Euclid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicsjungle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsJungle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsJungle\" title=\"EdinBotanicsJungle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5726\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicsglasshouse\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsGlasshouse-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsGlasshouse\" title=\"EdinBotanicsGlasshouse\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5725\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the glasshouses at Edinburgh&#8217;s <a title=\"Wikipedia on the Botanics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Botanic_Garden_Edinburgh\">Royal Botanic Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicssundew\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsSundew-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsSundew\" title=\"EdinBotanicsSundew\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The insectivorous <a title=\"Wikipedia on sundew\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sundew\">sundew<\/a> plants trap insects in their sticky sweet mucus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicscactus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsCactus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsCactus\" title=\"EdinBotanicsCactus\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5724\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicscactus2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsCactus2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsCactus2\" title=\"EdinBotanicsCactus2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5722\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicscactus3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsCactus3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsCactus3\" title=\"EdinBotanicsCactus3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5723\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cacti in the glasshouses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/edinburgh-ii\/edinbotanicsalpine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EdinBotanicsAlpine-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EdinBotanicsAlpine\" title=\"EdinBotanicsAlpine\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5721\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alpine garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second set of pictures from Edinburgh Castle and the Botanical 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