Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the 15th century fortress castle, near the village of Blackness, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was used as the setting for Black Jack Randall's Fort William headquarters in the Outlander series, where Jamie had received lashes from Captain Randall. It is also where Jamie’s father died, having to endure watching his son being punished. Later, in the season 1 mid-season finale, Jamie breaks into the castle, rescuing Claire from the hands of Black Jack, jumping into the water below. The castle was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by Sir George Crichton in the 1440. Sir George Crichton handed over the Crichton lands, including Blackness Castle, to King James II in 1453. During the Marian civil war which followed the forced abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567, the garrison of Blackness remained loyal to her. However, the Keeper, Alexander Stewart, later changed sides to join the Regent Moray's party. In 1572, Lord Claud Hamilton recaptured the castle for Mary, harrying shipping in the Forth until the following year, despite being blockaded. On 27 January 1573, James Kirkcaldy, the brother of William Kirkcaldy of Grange who held Edinburgh Castle for Queen Mary, arrived at Blackness from France with arms and money for the Queen's side. His ship was captured the next day and Regent Morton laid siege. James Kirkcaldy and the castle surrendered within a week. The castle's defences were not tested again until 1650, when Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army besieged Blackness during his invasion of Scotland. Because of its site, jutting into the Forth, and its long, narrow shape, the castle has been characterised as " the ship that never sailed ". The north and south towers are often named " stem " and " stern ", with the central tower called the "main mast. "
The Crichton surname name is of Scottish and English origin and is locational from a place so called near Utloxeter in Staffordshire, England, and Crichton near Edinburgh in Scotland. The place name in Scotland is derived from the Gaelic " crioch ", meaning a border or boundary. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Turstan de Crectune, witness of King David's Charter, which was dated around 1128 in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the reign of King David 1, of Scotland. Clan Crichton is a Lowland Scottish clan. In 1464 Sir Robert Crichton of Sanquhar was sheriff of the county of Dumfries. From 1468 to 1469 he was also Coroner of Nithsdale. In 1487 his eldest son, Robert Crichton, was created a peer with the title Lord Crichton of Sanquhar by King James III of Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. The distance from Perth, Perthshire, to Blackness Castle is 40 miles; the distance from Glasgow to Blackness Castle is 39 miles; the distance from Edinburgh to Blackness Castle is 16 miles.
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