This is a list of castles in Midlothian, Scotland.
List
Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Borthwick Castle Tower house 1430 Occupied Private Gorebridge In use as a hotel Crichton Castle Courtyard castle 14th century Preserved Historic Scotland Gorebridge Open to the public Cousland Castle Tower house 15th century Ruined Private Cousland Ruins of a tower house and later walled garden Dalhousie Castle Historic house 16th century Occupied Private Bonnyrigg Incorporates remains of 13th-century tower, now used as a hotelCoventry, p. 165 Dalkeith Palace Historic house 18th century Occupied Duke of Buccleuch Dalkeith Incorporates remains of 12th-century castleCoventry, p. 166 Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public Hawthornden Castle Tower house 17th century Occupied Private Lasswade Incorporates ruined 15th-century keepCoventry, p. 244 Now used as a writers' retreat Melville Castle Castellated mansion 18th century Restored Private Lasswade Built on site of earlier castleCoventry, p. 316 Now in use as a hotel Newbattle Abbey Fortified house 17th century Altered Newbattle Abbey College Dalkeith 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 Ranges date from 15th-16th centuryCoventry, p. 367 Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks.
See also Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Midlothian
Notes
References Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press