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Latitude: 55.9481 / 55°56'53"N
Longitude: -3.2005 / 3°12'1"W
OS Eastings: 325123
OS Northings: 673437
OS Grid: NT251734
Mapcode National: GBR 8MH.68
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TR4G
Plus Code: 9C7RWQXX+6Q
Entry Name: Military Prison, Edinburgh Castle
Listing Name: Edinburgh Castle, Military Prison
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395619
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48222
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh Castle, Military Prison
ID on this website: 200395619
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Prison
1840-2, extended circa 1880. 2-storey rectangular-plan miniature model prison. Coursed ashlar with polished dressings. Crowstepped gables. Forestair giving access to upper level to N (see Notes). Block-pedimented door to E. Hood-moulded mullioned and transomed bipartite window to S.
INTERIOR: central galleried hall with single cells opening off ground floor and cast-iron stair leading to metal-bracketed balcony giving access to further single cells. Round-arched window at gallery level contained in semi-elliptical over-arch.
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. Built for soldiers from the Castle garrison; closed in 1923, when the garrison was concentrated at Redford Barracks. Cells had a wooden bed and shelves, and were heated by a warm-air system. Rear wing, forestair and crowstep-gabled upper storey added 1880.
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