after all), Blackness is one of the most striking, perched on the water of the Firth of Forth. Built in the 1400s, the castle was not only a residence for the Crichton family – one of Scotland's ...

This photo shows the battlements at Blackness Castle in Linlithgow. Arrow slits, like the very thin holes you can see at Hermitage Castle near Hawick (above), were very narrow windows that ...

Various Historic Scotland sites throughout the country ... band and find out how to make party food from rations. At Blackness Castle on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, visitors ...