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  • April 2024: Africa - Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe

Sunday 31 May 2015

Day 15 - Edinburgh - 31 May

Visited Edinburgh Castle. There has been a castle on the top of the volcanic plug where the current castle stands for 3,000 years.
In 1314 the castle was completely destroyed except for St Margaret's Chapel that Cromwell ordered be saved.  In the 1500's the castle was rebuilt and the great hall built at that time still stands and is used today. 
The war memorial:
The Great Hall with the original 16th Century ceiling:
The Royal Dragoon Guards Regimental Museum with the best Piper on the trip!=:
St Margaret's Chapel was built in the 12th Century around 1130 and is the oldest building in Scotland. It is still used for weddings and baptisms.
 St Margaret's Chapel was really lovely inside:
 St Margaret's Chapel interior roof and leadlight window:
 THe Royal Mile.  I don't know how we took a photo without people!