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1647: James Gordon of Rothiemay's map of Edinburgh; completion of the Tron Kirk 1649: Scottish Estates proclaim succession of Charles II on 5 February; execution of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly by Covenanters; the suburbs of West Port and Potterrow purchased by the town council and erected into the barony of Portsburgh
Edinburgh, showing Arthur's Seat, one of the earliest known sites of human habitation in the area. While the area around modern-day Edinburgh has been inhabited for thousands of years, [1] the history of Edinburgh as a definite settlement can be traced to the early Middle Ages when a hillfort was established in the area, most likely on the Castle Rock.
1600s; 1610s; 1620s; See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1600 in: England • Elsewhere: Events from the year 1600 in the Kingdom of ...
The clerical estate was marginalised in Parliament by the Reformation, with the laymen who had acquired the monasteries and sitting as 'abbots' and 'priors'. Catholic clergy were excluded after 1567, but a small number of Protestant bishops continued as the clerical estate. James VI attempted to revive the role of the bishops from about 1600. [165]
Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle, with its 20" (50 cm) calibre cannonballs. The Stewarts attempted to follow France and England in building up an artillery train. The abortive siege of Roxburgh in 1436 under James I was probably the first conflict in which the Scots made serious use of artillery. [82]
The seventeenth-century quadrangle of Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, showing many of the key features of the Scots Baronial style. Architecture in early modern Scotland encompasses all building within the borders of the kingdom of Scotland, from the early sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century.
The first detailed county maps of Scotland were produced in the late 17th century. John Adair's maps of c. 1682 included the names of Midlothian, East Lothian, Twaddall and Wast Lothian (the latter also as "Linlithgowshire" [68]).
The location of the Cross between 1617 and 1756. The current mercat cross is of Victorian origin, but was built close to the site occupied by the original. The Cross is first mentioned in a charter of 1365 which indicates that it stood on the south side of the High Street about 45 feet (14 m) from the east end of St. Giles'. [3]