Summer Bass Rock On Visit To The Coast Of East Lothian Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer travel video of the Bass Rock on visit to the coast of East Lothian. The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass, Scottish Gaelic: Creag nam Bathais or Scottish Gaelic: Am Bas, is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth 3 miles North East of North Berwick in East Lothian. This a a steep sided volcanic rock, 351 ft high at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there. The Bass Rock features in numerous works of fiction, including Robert Stevenson's Catriona.

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