{"id":684,"date":"2016-05-30T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/?p=684"},"modified":"2016-05-30T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T18:22:00","slug":"blackness-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"Blackness Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is our last day here in Linlithgow and on the recommendation of a couple of the servers in the resturant we went to explore Blackness Castle.<\/p>\n<p>So far this is one of the best ruins we have seen. \u00a0It looks like it&#8217;s shaped like the front of a boat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-685\" src=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-16-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-16-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-16.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It had an actual draw bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-17.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-17-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-17-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-17-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-17-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You could walk all around the top of the castle as well as inside. \u00a0I&#8217;ve not seen a ruin yet that is still this much intact.<\/p>\n<p>The main courtyard is rock and shale and really had to walk on<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-18.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-18-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-18-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-18-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-18-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We walked into the castle from the ramparts and entered the great hall. \u00a0Quite impressive actually. \u00a0Still had wood timbers in the ceiling and from the looks of it the original chandeliers hanging.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-20.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-689\" src=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-20-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-20-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-20.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-19.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-688\" src=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-19-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-19-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-19.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the castle is the standard square rooms with wood floors or stone floor. \u00a0There were a lot of holes in the walls designed for cannons.<\/p>\n<p>Paying for lunch one of the servers asked our next destination. \u00a0I mentioned us going through Stirling because I wanted to see the castle. \u00a0They said we really need to see this one because it&#8217;s one of the better ones in Scotland. \u00a0Of course I&#8217;m sure everyone has their favorite castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is our last day here in Linlithgow and on the recommendation of a couple of the servers in the resturant we went to explore Blackness Castle. 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