The most famous castle of Scotland - Edinburgh Castle - has been a mystery in ancient times Bashny.Net

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When it comes to ancient times, it comes to mind the idea of ​​the first written texts - the beginning of recorded history. All that was before it, seems mysterious and inexplicable, but, fortunately, our ancestors had many stories to tell, so we constantly discover the past. Unfortunately for them, the Edinburgh Castle so incredibly old, that people of that time who wrote about him, his story has already been a huge mystery.

Edinburgh Castle - a Scottish castle, located on top of the castle rock. Archaeologists have discovered that people were living on the rock, at least from the Iron Age (II century BC. E.), Although it is likely that there were more early settlement. The map of the area, created by Ptolemy in II-th century BC. e., indicated a settlement, called "rocky place", which may be related to Castle Rock.





Many different writers throughout history, credited with building the castle of various rulers, with some claiming that it was built back in the year 989 BC. e. It does not matter whether there was a lock with or since the Iron Age, but Castle Rock - is the longest continuously inhabited place in Scotland.





Numerous excavations in the 1990s provided many findings that seem to contradict each theory concerning this place, and only added to the oldest castle in Scotland More mystery.

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