Ravenscraig Castle

Thanks to its massive, 3.5m-thick frontal wall and proliferation of gun holes, Ravenscraig has generally been regarded more as an artillery fort than a castle. This view holds that it was built to help defend the Firth of Forth from an English invasion. 

Highlights

• The landward approach – the formidable frontal wall has a fine array of gun holes and an impressive rock-cut ditch.
• The well – in one of the numerous dark and gloomy cellars.
• The view – across the Firth of Forth to the city of Edinburgh beyond.
• The fulmars – the castle’s main residents today, nesting on the masonry ledges.

​Ravenscraig In Literature

Ravenscraig is the setting for the ballad Rosabelle, sung by Lord St. Clair's bard, Harold, at the wedding feast in the sixth canto of Walter Scott's Lay of the Minstrel.