Even more photographs of Edinburgh Castle
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The medieval St. Mary's Church was rebuilt in 1366, and was
converted into an armoury in 1540. It was demolished in 1755 to
make room for a new North Barrack Block, which was vacated by the
Army in 1923. It was then adapted by Sir Robert Lorimer as the
Scottish National War Memorial.
The firing of a gun from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle at
1pm from Monday to Saturday was not introduced as a tourist attraction.
It started as a means of giving an accurate time check to the ships in
Leith Harbour. The gun is also fired at midnight on New Year's Eve to
start the Hogmanay celebrations.
