Castles in Britain and Europe, primarily Scotland

Scope and Content

Correspondence, including fragile ground plans and road maps.

Booklet containing photos and brief descriptions of Colonial forts, (Spanish, Dutch) from throughout the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Bahamas. 

Notes on Scottish Forts including photos and descriptions of the forts.

Ayr Citadel - Photos from 1946.

Inverness Fortress - Long detailed description of the fort including diagram and photos.

Kirkwall Fort (Orkney) - Brief description of the site and how to recognise it.

Leith Fort - No description.

Fort Charlotte, Lerwick - Includes fragile site plan and details on, alongside a brief history of the Fort from the 1650s to 1910.

Perth Fort - Annotations and notes on site plans on the structure of the Fort and accompanying town. Includes brief history of the site.

Inverlochy Fort - No description, reference to secondary historiography where it is listed.

Aberdeen Fort - Photos taken in 1946, along with reference from historiography. (C.H Firth: ‘Scotland & the Protectorate 1654-9’.)

Trondheim Castle, Norway - Detailed description of the site, accompanying photos and newspaper clippings from the 1940s during the war as it was under German occupation.

Chepstow Castle - Accompanying photos, descriptions and diagrams of the Castle.

Plymouth Citadel - Contemporary photos showing Citadel with notes on the history of the Citadel. Sketched site plan of the Citadel and description of the structure and history of renovations and additions.

Copy of a plan of Tilbury Fort taken from 1725.

Dover Castle - Photos of the Castle.

Fort Hill, Enniskillen - Sketched site map and brief history of the site.

Ground plans and descriptions of three Scottish gun forts, including Noltland Castle, Scalloway Castle and Earl’s Palace.

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/one.04