Blackness Castle

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castle fortress scheduled monument tourist attraction

Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress on the Firth of Forth in Scotland, famed for its ship-like shape and long history as a royal castle, state prison, and military garrison.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	castle → fortress → scheduled monument → tourist attraction →
acquiredBy	James II of Scotland →
acquiredByYear	1453 →
architecturalStyle	medieval fortress →
builtBy	Crichton family →
builtInCentury	15th century →
constructionStartYear	1440 →
coordinates	56.006°N 3.515°W →
country	Scotland →
functionedAs	port for the royal burgh of Linlithgow →
governingBody	Historic Environment Scotland →
hasPart	central courtyard → curtain wall → gatehouse → north tower → pier → seaward battery → south tower →
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building → Scheduled Monument →
knownFor	harbour and pier → ship-like shape → well-preserved curtain walls →
locatedIn	Blackness → West Lothian →
locatedNear	Edinburgh →
locatedOn	south shore of the Firth of Forth →
materialUsed	stone →
nearestTown	Bo’ness →
nickname	the ship that never sailed →
openToPublic	true →
originalOwner	Sir George Crichton →
overlooks	Firth of Forth →
ownership	Scottish Ministers →
region	Central Belt of Scotland →
usedAs	ammunition depot → artillery fortress → military garrison → royal castle → state prison →
usedAsFilmLocationFor	Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film) → Outlander →
usedDuringConflict	First World War → Jacobite risings → Second World War → Wars of the Three Kingdoms →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Historic Environment Scotland →	manages