Blackness Castle

fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland

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• British Listed Buildings entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• CastlesFortsBattles article^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Sketchfab Blackness Castle, fortress Scotland^@
• Sketchfab Blackness Castle (Scotland)^@
• Tripadvisor page^@

Location: 56.006111111, -3.516111111, ///melt.germinate.tested, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Battle of Dollar

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Frameless

Admiralty Chart No 119 Forth Bridge to Crombie Pier, Published 1964

A Forth View - geograph.org.uk - 340563

Blackness Castle 23-06-2006 - panoramio

Blackness Castle2

Blackness Castle (5260634)

Blackness Castle & Bin (5260600)

Blackness Castle chapel ruins - geograph.org.uk - 530227

Blackness Castle, Firth of Forth, from the approach road - geograph.org.uk - 1596892

Blackness Castle from the opposite bank

Blackness Castle. - geograph.org.uk - 61513

Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 700011

Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 769351

Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 82331

Blackness Castle - panoramio

Blackness Castle South East View - geograph.org.uk - 90

Blackness Castle with film crew - geograph.org.uk - 1596893

Blacknesss castle - panoramio

Firing musket at blackness Castle 23-06-2006 - panoramio

Former SYHA Youth Hostel at Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 494167

Formidable door at Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 776707

Iron yett Blackness Castle

John Clerk, of Eldin, Blackness Castle, c. 1770-1782, NGA 209441

Pier, Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1142005

Scotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01

View from The Binns - geograph.org.uk - 700186

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		British Listed Buildings entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		CastlesFortsBattles article@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Sketchfab Blackness Castle, fortress Scotland@			Wikidata
link		Sketchfab Blackness Castle (Scotland)@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
vessel	1953	HMY Britannia	tripadvisor		Wikidata
vessel	1955	SS Explorer	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith			Wikidata
fort	1915	Braefoot Battery			Wikidata
fort		Braefoot Point Battery			Wikidata
fort		Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery			Wikidata
fort		Crombie anti-aircraft battery			Wikidata
fort		Dalmeny Battery			Wikidata
fort	1914	Downing Point Battery			Wikidata
fort		Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches			Wikidata
fort		Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage			Wikidata
fort		Leith Links, artillery mounds			Wikidata
fort		Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels			Wikidata
museum		Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	2017	Military Museum Scotland	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		National War Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1810	Tally Toor			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh Town Wall			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh town walls			Wikidata
conflict	875	Battle of Dollar			Wikidata
image		Admiralty Chart No 119 Forth Bridge to Crombie Pier, Published 1964			Wikimedia
image	2007	A Forth View - geograph.org.uk - 340563			Wikimedia
image	2006	Blackness Castle 23-06-2006 - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blackness Castle2			Wikimedia
image	2004	Blackness Castle (5260634)			Wikimedia
image	2004	Blackness Castle & Bin (5260600)			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blackness Castle chapel ruins - geograph.org.uk - 530227			Wikimedia
image	1988	Blackness Castle, Firth of Forth, from the approach road - geograph.org.uk - 1596892			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blackness Castle from the opposite bank			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blackness Castle. - geograph.org.uk - 61513			Wikimedia
image	2007	Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 700011			Wikimedia
image	2003	Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 769351			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 82331			Wikimedia
image	2006	Blackness Castle - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2002	Blackness Castle South East View - geograph.org.uk - 90			Wikimedia
image	1986	Blackness Castle with film crew - geograph.org.uk - 1596893			Wikimedia
image	2005	Blacknesss castle - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2006	Firing musket at blackness Castle 23-06-2006 - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2001	Former SYHA Youth Hostel at Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 494167			Wikimedia
image	2007	Formidable door at Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 776707			Wikimedia
image		Iron yett Blackness Castle			Wikimedia
image		John Clerk, of Eldin, Blackness Castle, c. 1770-1782, NGA 209441			Wikimedia
image	2005	Pier, Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1142005			Wikimedia
image	2016	Scotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01			Wikimedia
image	2007	View from The Binns - geograph.org.uk - 700186			Wikimedia