What is recorded here
Bass Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of East Lothian. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Bass Castle was held by the Bass family in the 13th and 14th centuries and is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the border region between Scotland and England. Its location made it significant in the turbulent medieval conflicts of the area.
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Places near here
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Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0