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Latitude: 55.9489 / 55°56'56"N
Longitude: -3.2 / 3°11'59"W
OS Eastings: 325158
OS Northings: 673529
OS Grid: NT251735
Mapcode National: GBR 8MG.9Y
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TQCT
Plus Code: 9C7RWRX2+H2
Entry Name: Lang Stairs, Edinburgh Castle
Listing Name: Edinburgh Castle, Lang Stairs
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395618
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48221
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200395618
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1850. Flight of 70 ashlar steps, with curved ashlar-coped rubble retaining walls, iron hand-rails and lamp standard on pier to foot, following line of principal medieval access to summit.
The A Group comprises Batteries, Foog's Gate, Gatehouse, Governor's House, Great Hall, Lang Stairs, Military Prison, National War Museum, New Barracks, Old Guardhouse, Palace Block, Portcullis Gate, St Margaret's Chapel, Scottish National War Memorial, Telephone Kiosks, United Services Museum and Vaults, all within Edinburgh Castle, and in the Care of Historic Scotland. The curved rubble wall to W may be the remains of a gatehouse guarding the approach to the summit.
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