What is recorded here

Blackness Castle is a fifteen-century ship made of stone, still pointing its stem and stern across the Firth of Forth. It has kept kings, cardinals, guns and soldiers inside its narrow hull, and it still presents itself like a vessel refused by the sea.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackness Castle as Loopholed Wall (first World War), Trench (first World War). 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, located in East Lothian, Scotland, was originally built in the early 15th century by the Douglas family, later becoming a key stronghold of the Crown. It is historically significant as a well-preserved example of a medieval tower house and played a role in both the Wars of Scottish Independence and the Rough Wooing.

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