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Documentary reference to occupation of the Castle Rock can be found as early as the mid-2nd century AD.

Ptolemy ( c. 83 – c. 168 ) refers to a settlement of the Votadini known to the Romans as " Alauna ", meaning " rock place ", which may be the earliest known name for the Castle Rock.

The Orygynale Cronykil of Andrew of Wyntoun ( c. 1350 – c. 1423 ), an early chronicler of Scottish history, alludes to " Ebrawce " ( Ebraucus ), a legendary King of the Britons, who " byggyd Edynburgh ".

According to the earlier chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth ( c. 1100 – c. 1155 ), Ebraucus had fifty children by his twenty wives, and was the founder of " Kaerebrauc " ( York ), " Alclud " ( Dumbarton ), and the " Maidens ' Castle ".

John Stow ( c. 1525 – 1605 ), credited Ebraucus with building " the Castell of Maidens called Edenbrough " in 989 BC.