Crookston Castle: the Lord's Bedchamber
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Crookston Castle: the Lord's Bedchamber
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 24 Mar 2014
This room in the north-eastern tower is reached by means of a spiral staircase (Image) from the doorway that is visible to the right of the fireplace in a view of Image There are another two storeys above this one; those rooms are superficially similar to this one, and they are reached by climbing sets of metal rungs, as the picture shows. For the next floor up, see Image From the topmost room (which is two storeys above the one in the present picture), more rungs lead to the rooftop. (On my last visit, I was allowed to ascend the castle after I had made it clear that I had no objection to climbing ladders in cramped spaces in near darkness; more light gets into the building now.)
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Image Location
Latitude
55.835112
Longitude
-4.355773