Blackness Castle Falkirk Council Area, Scotland, UK
15th cent. CURTAIN WALLS: Plan resembling > of a ship. NORTH BASTION ('the Stem'): Altered 1693. 2 vaulted storeys and pit-prison. surmounted by gun-platform. MID TOWER ('the Main Mast'). Square. 4 storeys. Corbelled parapet.
Listed Building Description
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15th cent. CURTAIN WALLS: Plan resembling > of a ship. NORTH BASTION ('the Stem'): Altered 1693. 2 vaulted storeys and pit-prison. surmounted by gun-platform. MID TOWER ('the Main Mast'). Square. 4 storeys. Corbelled parapet. Angle turrets, Barrel-vaulted rooms. Turnpike stair-tower (added 1667). Draw-well outside. GOVERNOR'S HOUSE at S. end: 16th cent. L-plan. 4 storeys and cape-house (corbie-stopped). Terrace on court side. Turnpike stair leading to Hall etc. SPUR to W. of House: Heightened and altered 1693. Angle turret. Iron yett opening on to pend.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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Crown property On a rocky promontory (the Black Ness) on Firth of Forth. Built as a royal fortress. In 17th cent. it was a State prison for distinguished Covenanters. One of 4 Scottish Castles maintained according to Treaty of Union 1707. Converted into Ordnance depot 1870. Garrisoned until 1919. Guardianship Monument. Area scheduled 23 February 1996.
Listed Building References
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N.S.A. Groome Inv. 303 (plans; ill.) C. & D. Arch. III, pp.225-6 (plan; ill) https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/blackness-castle