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Rosyth Castle, a ruin on the coast of Inverkeithing parish, Fife, 1¾ mile NW of North Queensferry. It stands on a small sea-rock, connected by a causeway with the mainland, but surrounded at high water by the tide; and is a square, thick-walled tower of considerable height, somewhat resembling a Norman keep. ver its main entrance on the N side is the date 1561, with the initials M. R. (Maria Regina). A large mullioned window on the E side is dated 1655, when the damage was repaired of Cromwell's men four years before. And on the S side is this quaint inscription:-
In dev tym dra yis cord ye bel to clink
Qvais mery voce warnis to mete and drink.
Rosyth Castle is said to have been the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell's mother, a tradition noticed by the Queen under date 6 Sept. 1842; and it figures in Scott's novel of The Abbot. The barony of Rosyth was purchased by Sir David Stewart about 1435, and remained with his descendants till about the beginning of last century. It was then sold to the Earl of Rosebery, but belongs now to the Earl of Hopetoun.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See vol. ii. of Grose's Antiquities of Scotland 1791).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a ruin" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Inverkeithing ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
| Place: | Rosyth |
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