
What is recorded here
Blackness Castle, Pier stands at Falkirk, Scotland, a water edge beside castle history. The pier may have carried people, goods or boats, though no date or owner is recorded. Its exact position is known, but its use remains open to imagination.
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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Places near here
Blackness CastleCastle (medieval), Prison (15th Century) · 111 yd
Blackness Castle BaySite (period Unassigned) · 378 yd
Blackness BayBay · 438 yd
Blackness, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 512 yd
Blackness, Blackness Boat ClubClubhouse (20th Century) · 521 yd
Blackness War MemorialMemorial · 600 yd
CarridenBarbed and Tanged Arrowhead (period Unassigned) · 741 yd
MannerstonTower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Shore WoodWood · 1.7 mi
Foxhound: Charlestown Harbour, Upper Firth of ForthCraft (19th Century) · 2.0 mi
Charlestown LimekilnsVisitor information · 2.1 mi
Scottish Lime Centre - Charlestown WorkshopsHeritage attraction · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0