Barnbougle

Category

Library Item

Item no

6298

Title

Barnbougle

Description

Barnbougle Castle is next to the river Forth on the outskirts of Edinburgh and is enclosed by an ornamental carved stone balustrade. A sea wall made from rocks and stone is beneath the Castle along the waters edge.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1882

Size

20 x 27.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Barnbougle Castle is situated on the Firth of Forth, roughly 2 miles east of South Queensferry. It is a 13th century tower house, built by and still in the ownership of the Rosebery family.

It is now used as an events venue.

This photograph is from a volume entitled 'Photographs of houses in the vicinity of Lauriston Castle' which was compiled in 1909. The book has the armorial bookplate of Macknight Crawfurd of Cartsburn, Lauriston Castle, on the inside cover.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Turrets

Architecture > Architectural features > Walls

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Rocks

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Edinburgh areas > South Queensferry

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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