EDINBURGH CASTLE
ORIGINS OF THE CASTLE
Around 340 million BC
The castle rock is created by volcanic activity.
Around 900 BC
First archaeological evidence for human settlement on the castle.
Around AD 600
First historical reference to Din Eidyn - a fortress on the rock.
AD 638
Angles capture Din Eidyn and rename it Edinburgh.
1093
St Margaret of Scotland dies in the ‘Castle of Maidens’, Edinburgh.
Around 1130
David I builds a formidable royal castle on the rock. It includes a
chapel dedicated to his mother Queen Margaret, which still stands.
