What is recorded here

Edinburgh Castle, Audio Visual Kiosk stands above a fifteen-century layer of human life. A tower may have risen in the fourteenth century, a forge may have hammered heat into metal, and a drain may have carried water away in the seventeenth. The kiosk itself is new, but it sits on old ambition: height, fire, flow and edge.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Audio Visual Kiosk as Drain (17th Century), Forge (period Unassigned)(possible), Road (period Unassigned), Tower (14th Century)(possible), Knife (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Edinburgh Castle was originally built by the Kingdom of Scotland in the 12th century, with significant fortifications added by King David I and later by the English under King Edward I in the late 13th century. It is of major historical and strategic importance due to its role in Scottish military history, royal ceremonies, and as a symbol of national identity.

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