Blackness Castle View from South West showing curtain wall Digital image of A 54892
SC 798224
Description Blackness Castle View from South West showing curtain wall Digital image of A 54892
Date 1985
Catalogue Number SC 798224
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 54892
Scope and Content Blackness Castle, Falkirk, from south-west This view from the south-west, taken in 1985, shows part of the south tower on the right. The lower walls are part of the 15th-century castle, but were heightened and widened in 1537-43. To the left is the spur, built in 1537-43, but altered in 1693, when the turret and the embrasures on either side of it were added. The artillery fort was designed by Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, who was aware of similar developments on the continent. Blackness Castle relied on the strength of the mass of masonry in the walls, and was soon outmoded. It was badly damaged during a siege by Oliver Cromwell in 1650. The first part of Blackness Castle was a tower built in the 15th century, and used as a state prison until 1707. Around the tower a massive artillery fortification was built from 1537 to 1543. It was converted into an ammunition depot in 1870-4, and became an ancient monument after World War I. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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