Carribber Castle, also known as Carriber Castle or Rob Gibb's Castle, is a ruined castle located near Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland.
Description
It is a 16th-century tower house castle, now ruined. The castle had a number of small buildings and courtyards. A square courtyard to the north is now covered in vegetation. A doorway is present in the west wall, thought to be no earlier than the 17th century. To the south is a rectangular range, possibly originally stables. The remaining walls are only 2.5 feet (0.76 m) feet thick, averaging 8 feet (2.4 m) tall, though are higher in places. The ruin is believed to have been intentionally knocked down.[1][2][3][4]
History
Rob Gibb (1490–1558) inherited the lands from this father, also called Rob Gibb (sometimes spelled as Gyb), in 1541.[5] The lands subsequently went to John Gibb (c.1550–1628), and then to his son Henry Gibb.[6] It was later passed to the Hays in 1710 and eventually the Blairs of Avonton.[3]
References
- ^ "Carribber Castle | Castle in Linlithgow, West Lothian | Stravaiging around Scotland". www.stravaiging.com.
- ^ "Archaeology Notes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Historic Environment Scotland.
- ^ a b "Carribber Castle from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ "OS1/34/45/13 | ScotlandsPlaces". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk.
- ^ James Beveridge & James Russell, ed. (1920). Protocol books of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578: Old Series Volume 52. 286-287: Scottish Record Society. p. 57.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ MacGregor, Gordon (2022). The Red Book of Scotland vol 4 (PDF). Scotland. p. 648. ISBN 978-0954562861.
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Further reading
- Gibb, George Duncan (1874). The life and times of Robert Gib, Lord of Carriber, familiar servitor and master of the stables to King James V. of Scotland ... With an appendix, chiefly compiled from the public records. London.
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