This is a list of castles in East Lothian, Scotland.
List
Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Auldhame Castle tower house 16th century Ruin Seacliff Ballencrieff Castle tower house 1507, 1586 Restored Private; next to pig farm Ballencrieff Barnes Castle uncompleted castle Ruin Haddington Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults.Coventry, p. 79 The Bass curtain wall & keep 16th century Ruin Open for visitors (via boat trip) Bass Rock later adapted for artillery; stone used to build lighthouseCoventry, p. 82 Black Castle No remains Cockburnspath some remains existed until c. 1800Coventry, p. 89 Byres Castle 13th century No remains Dirleton Castle fortress 13th century Partly ruined Historic Scotland Dirleton Dunbar Castle Ruin Dunbar Fa'side Castle Tower house (altered keep) 15th century Restored 1970s Private Tranent Also known as Faside, Fawside and Falside Fenton Tower Tower house 1587 Restored Private North Berwick In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory Gamelshiel Castle Tower house 14th century Ruin Lammermuir Hills Garleton Castle Courtyard castle 16th century Partially occupied Private Haddington Partially restored with remaining part ruined Hailes Castle Keep & ranges 14th century Ruin Historic Scotland East Linton 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 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 Two storeys added in 17th century. Currently in council-maintained grounds.Coventry, p. 356 Redhouse Castle courtyard castle 16th century Ruin Free access through market garden Longniddry Saltcoats Castle Courtyard castle 16th century Ruin Gullane Saltoun Hall or Castle Elizabethan house 16th century Occupied Private Pencaitland building incorporates remnants of 12th-century castleCoventry, p. 372 Smeaton House Courtyard castle 15th century Modified Private Inveresk Now part of a farm Stoneypath Tower tower house 16th century Restored Nunraw Abbey Tantallon Castle courtyard castle 14th century Ruin Historic Scotland North Berwick Tranent Tower Tower house 16th century Ruin Tranent Waughton Castle 14th century Ruin Whitekirk Whittingehame Tower keep 15th century Occupied Balfour family East Linton Yester Castle Castle & keep 13th century Ruin Private Gifford Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha'
See also Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in East Lothian
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