The View from Edinburgh Castle

Today we toured Edinburgh Castle and saw the crown jewels of Scotland, which date back to the late 1400s and early 1500s. They were hidden from Cromwell's army in the 1650s and then locked away in 1707 after England and Scotland entered a Treaty of Union. In 1818 they were rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott. The sceptre and crown have an impressive history, and they are even more impressive to see.