This is a list of castles in East Lothian.
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | location | Notes | Picture |
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Auldhame Castle | tower house | 16th century | ruin | Seacliff NT602847 |
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Ballencrieff Castle | tower house | 1507, 1586 | restored | private; next to pig farm | Ballencrieff NT487783 |
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Barnes Castle | uncompleted castle | ruin |
Haddington NT529766 |
Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults. [1] |
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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] |
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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 |
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Dunbar Castle | ruin |
Dunbar NT67827930 |
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Fa'side Castle | Tower house (altered keep) | 15th century | Restored 1970s | Private |
Tranent NT378710 |
Also known as Faside, Fawside and Falside |
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Fenton Tower | Tower house | 1587 | Restored | Private |
North Berwick NT543822 |
In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory |
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Gamelshiel Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | Lammermuir Hills NT649648 |
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Garleton Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Partially occupied | Private |
Haddington NT509767 |
Partially restored with remaining part ruined |
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Hailes Castle | Keep & ranges | 14th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland |
East Linton NT575758 |
Ranges and towers 15th-16th century |
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Innerwick Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Innerwick |
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Keith Marischal | Occupied |
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Kilspindie Castle | Ruin |
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Lennoxlove | Occupied | Duke of Hamilton | Open to the public |
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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] |
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Redhouse Castle | courtyard castle | 16th century | ruin | free access through market garden |
Longniddry NT463770 |
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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 |
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Tantallon Castle | courtyard castle | 14th century | ruin | Historic Scotland |
North Berwick NT596851 |
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Tranent Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruin | Tranent |
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Waughton Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Whitekirk |
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Whittingehame Tower | keep | 15th century | Occupied | Balfour family |
East Linton NT602733 |
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Yester Castle | Castle & keep | 13th century | Ruin | private |
Gifford NT556667 |
Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha' |
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This is a list of castles in East Lothian.
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | location | Notes | Picture |
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Auldhame Castle | tower house | 16th century | ruin | Seacliff NT602847 |
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Ballencrieff Castle | tower house | 1507, 1586 | restored | private; next to pig farm | Ballencrieff NT487783 |
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Barnes Castle | uncompleted castle | ruin |
Haddington NT529766 |
Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults. [1] |
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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] |
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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 |
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Dunbar Castle | ruin |
Dunbar NT67827930 |
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Fa'side Castle | Tower house (altered keep) | 15th century | Restored 1970s | Private |
Tranent NT378710 |
Also known as Faside, Fawside and Falside |
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Fenton Tower | Tower house | 1587 | Restored | Private |
North Berwick NT543822 |
In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory |
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Gamelshiel Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | Lammermuir Hills NT649648 |
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Garleton Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Partially occupied | Private |
Haddington NT509767 |
Partially restored with remaining part ruined |
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Hailes Castle | Keep & ranges | 14th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland |
East Linton NT575758 |
Ranges and towers 15th-16th century |
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Innerwick Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Innerwick |
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Keith Marischal | Occupied |
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Kilspindie Castle | Ruin |
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Lennoxlove | Occupied | Duke of Hamilton | Open to the public |
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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] |
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Redhouse Castle | courtyard castle | 16th century | ruin | free access through market garden |
Longniddry NT463770 |
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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 |
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Tantallon Castle | courtyard castle | 14th century | ruin | Historic Scotland |
North Berwick NT596851 |
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Tranent Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruin | Tranent |
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Waughton Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Whitekirk |
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Whittingehame Tower | keep | 15th century | Occupied | Balfour family |
East Linton NT602733 |
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Yester Castle | Castle & keep | 13th century | Ruin | private |
Gifford NT556667 |
Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha' |
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