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Edinburgh Castle Half Moon Battery

Here is a photo of Edinburgh Castle, a slightly more uncommon angle taken from the Grassmarket area, Taken Tuesday 1st July 2014 on a unusually beautiful sunny Edinburgh day

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

The semi circle is the Edinburgh Castle Half Moon Battery, built 1573 – 1588
This impressive part of the castle is an artillery fortification,  built after the Lang (long) siege of 1571-1573.   Built to protect the Royal Palace from bombardment, the half moon battery sits on the ruins of David’s tower, the residence of King David II – son of Robert the Bruce

Edinburgh’s Floral Clock

Edinburgh’s Floral Clock is located in West Princes Street Gardens.  (below the statue of Alan Ramsey, opisite the national gallery) This is an actual working clock, it may be the oldest of its type on the world first commissioned in 1903.   Every spring they replant the flowers with a new design so that its ready for the summer.

Floral clock

Floral clock

Edinburgh’s floral clock has a circumference of 36ft and width of almost 12ft, with the hands measuring approx. 11ft and 5ft in length

This year it will celebrate the tenth anniversary of Edinburgh as a Fair Trade city.

Floral Clock

Floral Clock