Bravehardt
1212 Hospital at Edinburgh Castle
Hosptial
------------
Form the viewpoint on the west side of Hospital Square can be seen the castle's Western Defences.The exposed,and hazardous,part of the castle is not open to visitors - an historic problem for in 1677 a report noted that the sentries on patrol found it impossible to go along it 'in a stormy night'.In King Charles II of Great Britain reign (1649-1685) a defensive wall was rebuilt and a walkway provided along the western edge of the rock for patrolling guards.It was at the sallyport (back gate) through this wall,on March 19,1689,that John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse conferred with the Governor George Gordon the 1st Duke of Gordon.After the meeting,'Bonnie Dundee' John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse rode north to raise a force to support King James VII of Great Britain and the Governor George Gordon 1st Duke of Gordon began his defence of the castle on behalf of the exiled monarch.Durring the 1717 siege,the Jacobites tried to breach the sallyport.This prompted Major General George Wade to propose that the Western Defences be redesiged.The work was carried out by Willian Adam,the famous architect,working in his capacity as a building contractor.The walls were designed for defence by musketeers.The uppermost terrace (immediately) below the viewpoint) was constructed in 1858.
1212 Hospital at Edinburgh Castle
Hosptial
------------
Form the viewpoint on the west side of Hospital Square can be seen the castle's Western Defences.The exposed,and hazardous,part of the castle is not open to visitors - an historic problem for in 1677 a report noted that the sentries on patrol found it impossible to go along it 'in a stormy night'.In King Charles II of Great Britain reign (1649-1685) a defensive wall was rebuilt and a walkway provided along the western edge of the rock for patrolling guards.It was at the sallyport (back gate) through this wall,on March 19,1689,that John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse conferred with the Governor George Gordon the 1st Duke of Gordon.After the meeting,'Bonnie Dundee' John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse rode north to raise a force to support King James VII of Great Britain and the Governor George Gordon 1st Duke of Gordon began his defence of the castle on behalf of the exiled monarch.Durring the 1717 siege,the Jacobites tried to breach the sallyport.This prompted Major General George Wade to propose that the Western Defences be redesiged.The work was carried out by Willian Adam,the famous architect,working in his capacity as a building contractor.The walls were designed for defence by musketeers.The uppermost terrace (immediately) below the viewpoint) was constructed in 1858.