List of castles in East Lothian

This is a list of castles in East Lothian.

List

Name Type Date Condition Ownership location Notes Picture
Auldhame Castle tower house 16th century ruin Seacliff NT602847
Ballencrieff Castle tower house 1507, 1586 restored private; next to pig farm Ballencrieff NT487783
Barnes Castle uncompleted castle ruin Haddington
NT529766		 Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults.[1]
The Bass curtain wall & keep 16th century ruin open for visitors (via boat trip) Bass Rock
NT602873		 later adapted for artillery; stone used to build lighthouse[2]
Black Castle No remains Cockburnspath
NT738707		 some remains existed until c. 1800[3]
Byres Castle 13th century No remains
Dirleton Castle fortress 13th century partly ruined Historic Scotland Dirleton
NT518840
Dunbar Castle ruin Dunbar
NT67827930
Fa'side Castle Tower house (altered keep) 15th century Restored 1970s Private Tranent
NT378710		 Also known as Faside, Fawside and Falside
Fenton Tower Tower house 1587 Restored Private North Berwick
NT543822		 In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory
Gamelshiel Castle Tower house 14th century Ruin Lammermuir Hills NT649648
Garleton Castle Courtyard castle 16th century Partially occupied Private Haddington
NT509767		 Partially restored with remaining part ruined
Hailes Castle Keep & ranges 14th century Ruin Historic Scotland East Linton
NT575758		 Ranges and towers 15th-16th century
Innerwick Castle 14th century Ruin Innerwick
Keith Marischal Occupied
Kilspindie Castle Ruin
Lennoxlove Occupied Duke of Hamilton Open to the public
Luffness Castle Tower house 16th century altered private Aberlady
NT476804		 castle on site from 13th century
Markle Castle Tower house 14th century Ruin NT57957754
Ormiston Castle Tower house 16th century Ruin
Penshiel Tower Ruin
Preston Tower keep 15th century ruin NTS; free access (exterior view & garden & doocot) Prestonpans, next to Hamilton House
NT393742		 Two storeys added in 17th century. Currently in council-maintained grounds.[4]
Redhouse Castle courtyard castle 16th century ruin free access through market garden Longniddry
NT463770
Saltcoats Castle Courtyard castle 16th century Ruin Gullane
Saltoun Hall or Castle Elizabethan house 16th century occupied private Pencaitland
NT461685		 building incorporates remnants of 12th-century castle[5]
Smeaton House Courtyard castle 15th century Modified Private Inveresk Now part of a farm
Stoneypath Tower tower house 16th century restored Nunraw Abbey
NT596713
Tantallon Castle courtyard castle 14th century ruin Historic Scotland North Berwick
NT596851
Tranent Tower Tower house 16th century Ruin Tranent
Waughton Castle 14th century Ruin Whitekirk
Whittingehame Tower keep 15th century Occupied Balfour family East Linton
NT602733
Yester Castle Castle & keep 13th century Ruin private Gifford
NT556667		 Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha' Vaulted entrance to Yester Castle

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Coventry, p. 79
  2. ^ Coventry, p. 82
  3. ^ Coventry, p. 89
  4. ^ Coventry, p. 356
  5. ^ Coventry, p. 372

References

  • Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
  • Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
  • Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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