Rosyth Castle

The heavens really did open about 10 minutes after this picture was taken.

Rosyth Castle is a fifteenth century ruined tower house on the perimeter of Rosyth Naval Dockyard, Fife, Scotland.

Dating from around 1450, it originally stood on a small island in the Firth of Forth accessible only at low tide. It was built as a secure residence by Sir David Stewart, who had been granted the Barony of Rosyth in 1428.

The original tower house (58 feet high) was enlarged and extended in the 16th and early 17th centuries. In 1572 it was attacked from Blackness Castle on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and it was occupied in 1651 by Oliver Cromwell's army after the Battle of Inverkeithing.

It became Admiralty property in 1903 and as the result of land reclamation lost its waterfront position, becoming marooned within the dockyard and now surrounded by industrial units as seen in the image.

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