Carribber Castle

Castle in West Lothian, Scotland

Location of Carribber Castle in West Lothian

Carribber Castle, also known as Carriber Castle or Rob Gibb's Castle, is a ruined castle located near Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland.

Description

It is a 16th century tower house castle, now ruined. The castle had a number of small buildings and courtyards. A square courtyard to the north is now covered in vegetation. A doorway is present in the west wall, thought to be no earlier than the 17th century. To the south is a rectangular range, possibly originally stables. The remaining walls are only 2.5 feet (0.76 m) feet thick, averaging 8 feet (2.4 m) tall, though are higher in places. The ruin is believed to have been intentionally knocked down.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

Rob Gibb (1490–1558) inherited the lands from this father, also called Rob Gibb (sometimes spelled as Gyb), in 1541.^[5] The lands subsequently went to John Gibb (c.1550–1628), and then to his son Henry Gibb.^[6] It was later passed to the Hays in 1710 and eventually the Blairs of Avonton.^[3]

References

^ "Carribber Castle | Castle in Linlithgow, West Lothian | Stravaiging around Scotland". www.stravaiging.com.
^ "Archaeology Notes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Historic Environment Scotland.
^ ^a ^b "Carribber Castle from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
^ "OS1/34/45/13 | ScotlandsPlaces". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk.
^ James Beveridge & James Russell, ed. (1920). Protocol books of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578: Old Series Volume 52. 286-287: Scottish Record Society. p. 57.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ MacGregor, Gordon (2022). The Red Book of Scotland vol 4 (PDF). Scotland. p. 648. ISBN 978-0954562861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)