Edinburgh Castle by Ashley Holloway https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt en-us 2015-09-29 16:08:29 UTC 2017-05-17 05:12:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/notebook.jpg Location ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741218 Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NG, United Kingdom

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741218 History ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741258 -The castle stands upon the plug of an extinct volcano, which is estimated to have risen about 350 million years ago during the lower Carboniferous period.

-Archaeological investigation has yet to establish when the Castle Rock was first used as a place of human habitation. 

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741258 Features ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741281
  • Edinburgh Castle is built upon the massive Castle Rock, part of an ancient extinct volcano.
  • The top of Castle Rock is more than 120 metres above sea-level and it stands 80 metres taller than the land surrounding it to the north, south and west. It can only be easily reached from the east.

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741281 Fact ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741300 This particular superstition applies to the students of University of Edinburgh. It is said that if they ever pass through the gates of the castle, they shall fail their final examinations.

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741300 Fact ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741339 Edinburgh Military Tattoo- Hundreds of bagpipes and drums are played while you see the Scottish regiment parade in their traditional kilt. 

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741339 Fact ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741371 It is reported that Edinburgh Castle is one of the most haunted places in all of Scotland. The most famous ghost of the castle is Lone Piper. Several secret tunnels were discovered underground.

]]> 2015-09-29 16:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741371 Website ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/5gwc4o4x67xt/wish/72741389 http://www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk/

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