The Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, a dramatic volcanic plug just offshore from East Lothian, held a royalist garrison that resisted English attempts at capture during the Cromwellian conquest. The rock's near-impregnable natural defences and its island position made it extremely difficult to assault. It eventually fell in 1652 after prolonged blockade. The Bass Rock would later achieve fame during the 1690s when a Jacobite garrison seized and held it for three years.
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