Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Edinburgh Castle Great Hall

Ah, the Great Hall. I did wonder what they meant by that, and what I will see. It was quite a small hall, probably took less than 30 mins to walk through it. Here are more details of it in the official info above.

I don't recall queueing to go into the Great Hall, probably cause it was almost late afternoon now and most crowd have already left. The light was obviously green as seen here in the photo. We just leisurely walked in to explore.

Inside, it was red in colour, and decorated with wooden design and chandelier. Perhaps this was were royal banquet was held? Balls? Meeting the royals? Above was actually all the space of the Great Hall. 

At one end, was a collection of armours. That was pretty cool. 

At a different wall, there were displayed of weapons, mainly sword. Now that I recall, those sword design were similar to those I saw on the Outlander series. I guess they do kinda followed the historical aspect when filming that show. I should try my best to watch as much as possible before my next trip so that I may appreciate more of the Highland culture and history.

Stained glass windows, with different badges displayed on the window design. Rich red cushions for you to sit on while looking out the window.... I love the reflection of the stained glass design on the floor. I wish people would incorporate more stained glass into modern buildings, especially as windows or doors. They are themselves a work of art.

There were more than one stained glass window. At first I thought their design was all the same. But when I compared the photos, they are all different. Imagine the detailed going into making them. What fine workmanship. A thing of beauty that lasted through all those years..... 

I thought this next display was very interesting. Not many people linger to see what it was. It was basically a key, maybe to the Great Hall. And it was, I guess, ceremonial, for every tag was a name of someone who was here, and the details of their visit. I thought it was such a nice touch to have this collection, honouring all those who have visited. It was a shamed that many just walked pass these without knowing what they were!

Me at the banquet at the Great Hall! Hahahaha. Fun fact, I have dined inside an Istana before (royal house in Malaysia). It was when I was in high school, and participating in the national states chess competition. If not mistaken, we were invited to dinner to the Istana of Perak as their guest :)