Midlothian
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 | |
Dalkeith Palace | Historic house | 18th century | Occupied | Duke of Buccleuch | Dalkeith NT333679 | Incorporates remains of 12th-century castle Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public | |
Hawthornden Castle | Tower house | 17th century | Occupied | Private | Loanhead NT287637 | Incorporates ruined 15th-century keep Now used as a writers' retreat | |
Melville Castle | Castellated mansion | 18th century | Restored | Private | Dalkeith NT310669 | Built on site of earlier castle 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 Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks. |
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