Blackness Castle

Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of , Scotland, on the south shore of the . It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by Sir George Crichton in the 1440s.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 metres)
  • Description: castle near the village of Blackness, Scotland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackness, St Ninians Way, War Memorial and House of the Binns.
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is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Blackness Castle.
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The , or simply the Binns… is situated 1 mile south of Blackness Castle.
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is a late 16th-century tower house in . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blackness Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackness and Champany.
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is a small village and harbour at …
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is a hamlet in Falkirk, on the junctions… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blackness Castle.
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is a village and civil parish in , Scotland. is situated 2 miles southeast of Blackness Castle.

Blackness Castle

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Latitude
56.00608° or 56° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.51607° or 3° 30′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C8R2F4M+CH
Geo­Names ID
11694316
Wiki­data ID
Q1524366

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Blackness Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة السواد”
  • Basque: “Blackness gaztelua”
  • Breton: “Kastell Blackness”
  • Catalan: “Blackness Castle”
  • Chinese: “黑暗城堡”
  • Dutch: “Blackness Castle”
  • French: “Chateau de Blackness”
  • French: “château de Blackness”
  • French: “Château de Blackness”
  • German: “Blackness Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת בלאקנס”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Blackness”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Blackness”
  • Italian: “Blackness Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Blackness”
  • Japanese: “ブラックネス城”
  • Persian: “قلعه بلک‌نس”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Blackness”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Blackness”
  • Russian: “Замок Блэкнесс”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Blackness”
  • Spanish: “Blackness Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Blackness”
  • Turkish: “Blackness Kalesi”
  • Uzbek: “Blekness qal’asi”

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Nearby Places

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