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Blackness Castle, Pier

Pier (period Unassigned)
Blackness Castle, Pier
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackness Castle, Pier as Pier (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Blackness Castle, Pier was part of a 15th-century coastal defense system built by the Crown in Scotland, primarily to protect the Firth of Forth. It is remembered as a key component of the strategic military architecture associated with Blackness Castle, a historic fortress linked to Scottish history and the Stewart dynasty.

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