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| THE BASS | [Continued] | are the only two landing places. Commanding this point, is a small fortalice at the extremity of the curtain. At one time, the fortification could be reached only by ladders, or by a bucket and chains raised at the crane bastion; but afterwards, the ascent was by three flights of stone stairs within the rampart, each protected by a strong gate: these inner gates have long ago dissappeared The fort and the dungeons are all unroofed, and in ruins. Blackader's Cell is still pointed out with its three small iron-barred windows to the west, and awakens many a solemn sacred feeling. One solitary gun yet remains of the ancient defence, now much corroded: the few other cannon on the Bass were brought thither from Leith only in 1822, to salute George IV [4] on his visit to Scotland, when the southern landing-place was somewhat prepared in the possibility of his Majesty landing there. The King of Belgium visited the Bass in 1819. About half-way up the acclivity of the rock, a little below the old effaced garden, are the interesting remains of a Chapel, pretty entire. The niches for the fonts shew that it was built prior to the reformation. When the Bass became the Bastile of Scotland, the state-prison for the persecuted Covenanters. over - |
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Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 24 - Parish of North Berwick, OS1/15/24
This volume contains place names information in the parish of North Berwick.
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of East Lothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.