Blackness Castle (3)
I'll explain this more under the next picture, which is a plan of the castle, but from this angle we are looking at the massive 16th century curtain wall, which still fully encloses the castle. The original main entrance through the curtain was on the east side (far side from here), however a new door was opened on this side in the early 17th century, which was enclosed in two phases, by the outwork, known as the High and Low Spurs - the lower and nearer section of the building, containing four large gun-ports and with the prominent angle turret. The Spurs look to be little more than a glorified front porch, but they actually provide a complex system of defence - more on which later.
Blackness Castle (3)
I'll explain this more under the next picture, which is a plan of the castle, but from this angle we are looking at the massive 16th century curtain wall, which still fully encloses the castle. The original main entrance through the curtain was on the east side (far side from here), however a new door was opened on this side in the early 17th century, which was enclosed in two phases, by the outwork, known as the High and Low Spurs - the lower and nearer section of the building, containing four large gun-ports and with the prominent angle turret. The Spurs look to be little more than a glorified front porch, but they actually provide a complex system of defence - more on which later.