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Photographic copy of plans of floors showing building sequence. Pen and ink. Scale 1":16'
WLD 6/8 P
Description Photographic copy of plans of floors showing building sequence. Pen and ink. Scale 1":16'
Date 1926
Catalogue Number WLD 6/8 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of WLD 6/8
Copies SC 798229
Scope and Content Photographic copy of plans of Blackness Castle, Falkirk These plans, drawn in the early 20th century by C S T Calder, show the castle as surveyed for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland's Inventory of West Lothian. The first- and second-floor plans show the enormous thickness of the landward-facing walls, and the first-floor plan shows the emplacements for heavy artillery. The artillery fort was designed by Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, who was aware of similar developments on the continent. Blackness Castle relied on the strength of the mass of masonry in the walls, and was soon outmoded. It was badly damaged during a siege by Oliver Cromwell in 1650. The first part of Blackness Castle was a tower built in the 15th century, and used as a state prison until 1707. Around the tower a massive artillery fortification was built from 1537 to 1543. It was converted into an ammunition depot in 1870-4, and became an ancient monument after World War I. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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