List of castles in East Lothian
This is a list of castles in East Lothian.
List
| 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 | _-_geograph.org.uk_-_103058.jpg)
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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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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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