List of castles in Midlothian
This is a list of castles in Midlothian.
List
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | location | Notes | Picture |
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Borthwick Castle | Tower house | 1430 | Occupied | Private | Gorebridge NT370597 | In use as a hotel | ![]() |
Crichton Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Preserved | Historic Scotland | Gorebridge NT380612 | Open to the public | ![]() |
Dalhousie Castle | Historic house | 16th century | Occupied | Private | Bonnyrigg NT320636 | Incorporates remains of 13th-century tower, now used as a hotel[1] | ![]() |
Dalkeith Palace | Historic house | 18th century | Occupied | Duke of Buccleuch | Dalkeith NT333679 | Incorporates remains of 12th-century castle[2] Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public | ![]() |
Hawthornden Castle | Tower house | 17th century | Occupied | Private | Lasswade NT287637 | Incorporates ruined 15th-century keep[3] Now used as a writers' retreat | |
Melville Castle | Castellated mansion | 18th century | Restored | Private | Lasswade NT310669 | Built on site of earlier castle[4] Now in use as a hotel | ![]() |
Newbattle Abbey | Fortified house | 17th century | Altered | Newbattle Abbey College | Dalkeith NT333660 | Part of a former Cistercian Abbey, now a college | ![]() |
Roslin Castle | Keep & ranges | 14th century | Keep is a ruin, later ranges occupied | Earl of Rosslyn | Roslin NT274628 | Ranges date from 15th-16th century[5] Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks. | |
See also
Notes
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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