Carribber Castle | |
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Carribber Castle 1837 | |
Coordinates | 55°57′30″N 3°39′29″W / 55.95833°N 3.658139°W |
OS grid reference | NS 96574 75162 |
Built | 16th century |
Built for | Rob Gibb |
Carribber Castle, also known as Carriber Castle or Rob Gibb's Castle, is a ruined castle located near Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland.
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]
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]
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Carribber Castle | |
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Carribber Castle 1837 | |
Coordinates | 55°57′30″N 3°39′29″W / 55.95833°N 3.658139°W |
OS grid reference | NS 96574 75162 |
Built | 16th century |
Built for | Rob Gibb |
Carribber Castle, also known as Carriber Castle or Rob Gibb's Castle, is a ruined castle located near Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland.
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]
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]
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