Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ravensnook Castle

Ravensnook Castle, an old baronial fortalice in Penicuik parish, Edinburghshire, on the right bank of the North Esk, opposite Penicuik House. It belonged to Oliver Sinclair, commander-in-chief of the forces in the time of James V., and it is now reduced to fragmentary ruins.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an old baronial fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Penicuik ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty

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