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What isn the Edinburgh castle built on?
Edinburgh Castle is built high upon the basalt remains of a long extinct volcano.
Where are vocanos found in the uk?
edinburgh castle sits on an extinct volcano
Is there a town built on a volcano in Britain?
Edinburgh castle is built on the site of an extinct volcano.
Are there extinct volcanoes in the UK?
Yes. Edinburgh Castle is built on an extinct volcano and the nearby Arthur's Seat is the same.
Why was arthes set bilt on an exsincted volcano?
Edinburgh castle was built on an extinct volcano because it was high up which made it hard to attack because the attackers would need to Clim the extinct volcano to get to the castle.
What material is Edinburgh castle made from?
Edinburgh Castle sits on top of an extinct volcano and the rock below it is basalt. The Castle itself is just built of locally quarried stone.
How many feet high is the Edinburgh castle?
It sits on a extinct volcano which (I think) is about 80 feet high
Are there any mountains in Edinburgh?
Yes there is Calton Hill and not far from Edinburgh is Arthur's Seat. There is also the Salisbury Crags and Edinburgh Castle sits on a large volcano (extinct).
What sort of rock was Edinburgh Castle built on?
Granite. It is the plug of an ancient volcano apparrently.
What is Edinburgh castle situated on?
It is high on a hill overlooking the city of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
Where Does Scotland have any active volcanoes?
There are no active volcanoes in Scotland. However, Edinburgh Castle was built on an extinct volcano.
What is the name of Edinburgh's extinct volcano?
Castle Rock, on which Edinburgh Castle is built, is the eroded remnant of the basalt plug of an unnamed, extinct volcano. Arthur's Seat, about a mile away, is the main peak of a group of volcanic hills of the same age and composition as Castle Rock. Features on Arthur's Seat suggest that there were multiple volcanic vents in the area 350 million years ago. Subsequent glacial erosion has left the isolated features seen today.
