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Bass
Rock Castle
NT 602-873 Midlothian Scotland
NT 602-873 Midlothian Scotland
Bass
Rock Castle is a 16th century stone artillery courtyard fortress, built on a site
which dates back to at least 1405. The gentler southern slope has the only place
to land and it's here that a curtain wall and a half-moon battery gives defence.
Repaired in 1902, when a lighthouse was built. Visit pending. A mile south is Tantallon
Castle.
Bass Rock Castle is located on a volcanic plug, in the Firth of Forth. 3 miles north-east of North Berwick, by boat.
The ferry is generally available daily, in the Summer and weather permitting in the Winter. The site is visible from Tantallon Castle.
Car parking is at North Berwick.
For more information on the castle, go to its HomePage.
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here for a castle picture 
and a castle map
of the area 
and a castle map
of the area