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Blackness Castle
Figurine
Site Name Blackness Castle
Classification Figurine
Canmore ID 49475
Site Number NT08SE 12
NGR NT 05 80
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49475
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NT08SE 12 05 80
A Celtic cult figure possibly of Cernunnos was found in Blackness Castle, where it had been acquired by the Dept of Environment without provenance or history. According to local tradition, the figurine was found on the site of an early church beside Blackness Castle (see NT08SE 7) and placed in the joiners workshop there, where it lay for many years.
A Ross 1962; 1967
This figure, now in two pieces, and still in the workshop of Blackness Castle, measures 0.5m high. No further information.
Visited by OS (B S) 14 March 1974.
The stone figure is located within a workshop at Blackness Castle. It is in two pieces, the head has broken from the body as reported in 1974. No further information is available.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 24th February 1996.
