The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 248
ery ancient strength, and at one time one of the most importantfortresses in Scotland. The name of Blackness occurs frequently in thehistory of the disturbances of the fifteenth century. In the seventeenthcentury the castle was made into a prison for distinguished Covenanters.It is now converted… … Fio. 160.—Blackness Castle, from East. The castle stands on a rocky promontory which projects into theFrith of Forth, about three and a half miles east of Boness and a likedistance from Linlithgow, of which town, in its palmy days. Blacknesswas the seaport. The building seems to have comprised a…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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