Carribber Castle
Carribber Castle 1837
Coordinates55°57′30″N 3°39′29″W / 55.95833°N 3.658139°W / 55.95833; -3.658139
OS grid referenceNS 96574 75162
Built16th century
Built forRob Gibb
Carribber Castle is located in West Lothian
Carribber Castle
Location of Carribber Castle in West Lothian

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 1/2 feet thick, averaging 8 feet 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

  1. ↑ "Carribber Castle | Castle in Linlithgow, West Lothian | Stravaiging around Scotland". www.stravaiging.com.
  2. ↑ "Archaeology Notes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Historic Environment Scotland.
  3. 1 2 "Carribber Castle from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
  4. ↑ "OS1/34/45/13 | ScotlandsPlaces". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk.
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon (2022). The Red Book of Scotland vol 4 (PDF). Scotland. p. 648. ISBN 978-0954562861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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