Fortified place · Medieval
Borthwick Castle
Midlothian
One of Scotland's most imposing and well-preserved medieval tower houses, Borthwick sheltered Mary, Queen of Scots during her flight of 1567 and st…
Scotland · Region
Ancient places in Midlothian
7 places in Midlothian, from the deepest prehistory to the medieval world.
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Fortified place · Medieval
Crichton Castle
Midlothian
A Border-country stronghold whose plain outer walls conceal a rare Italian Renaissance courtyard facade, and whose owners shaped some of Scotland's…
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Sacred place · Medieval
Newbattle Abbey
Midlothian
One of Scotland's earliest Cistercian houses and a pioneer of Scottish coal mining, Newbattle survives as a monastic core absorbed into a still-wor…
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Fortified place · Medieval
Roslin Castle
Midlothian
A Sinclair stronghold whose fifteenth-century scriptorium preserved the earliest surviving work of Scots prose, standing beside the famous Rosslyn…
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Building or ruin · Medieval
Rosslyn Chapel
Midlothian
A mid-15th-century Sinclair foundation whose densely carved choir is counted among the finest medieval stonework in Scotland.
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