Crookston Castle: vaulted basement
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Crookston Castle: vaulted basement
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 24 Mar 2014
This room, whose vaulting is apparent in the picture, would have been used for storage. The present-day entrance is at the extreme right-hand edge of the picture. At the far end of the basement, on the left, is a blocked-up doorway to the (now demolished) south-west tower. On the right is another blocked doorway, which led to a kitchen in the (also now demolished) north-west tower. Food was sent up to the Great Hall by means of a dumb waiter system built within the thickness of the wall. [The above information is from various panels on the walls of the basement.]
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Image Location
Latitude
55.835109
Longitude
-4.355933