List of castles in Midlothian
This is a list of castles in Midlothian.
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 hotel | |
Dalkeith Palace | Historic house | 18th century | Occupied | Duke of Buccleuch | Dalkeith | 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 | Lasswade | Incorporates ruined 15th-century keep Now used as a writers' retreat | |
Melville Castle | Castellated mansion | 18th century | Restored | Private | Lasswade | Built on site of earlier castle 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 century Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks. |