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Castle Rock, Edinburgh
Castle Rock is the volcanic plug in central Edinburgh on which Edinburgh Castle stands. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it is identified with Din Eidyn, the stronghold of the British kingdom of Gododdin that fell to Northumbria in the 7th century, and it later became a royal castle of the Scottish kings.
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