Borthwick Castle

Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications. It is located twelve miles (19 km) south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground. It was constructed in 1430 for Sir William Borthwick, from whom the castle takes its name,

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  Byres Castle ⓘ
  castle located at Byres, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Cairns Castle ⓘ
  ruined keep in West Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Carberry Tower ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Dalhousie Castle ⓘ
  castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Dalkeith Palace ⓘ
  historic house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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  Dirleton Castle ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Fenton Tower ⓘ
  architectural structure in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Horsburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK  

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  Preston Tower ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Seton Castle ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Stoneypath Tower ⓘ
  tower house in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Thirlestane Castle ⓘ
  castle and museum in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom  

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  Traquair House ⓘ
  tower house converted to country house in Traquair, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK  

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  Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Neidpath Castle ⓘ
  castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK  

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  Craigmillar Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Roslin Castle ⓘ
  castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Borthwick Castle ⓘ
  castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Walled Garden, Newliston House ⓘ
  architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Jupiter Artland ⓘ
  sculpture garden and art gallery in the west of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  City Art Centre ⓘ
  Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Gosford House ⓘ
  country house near Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Haddington Library ⓘ
  library, museum, and archives centre in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

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  Hibernian Football Club Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  HMY Britannia ⓘ
  1953 royal yacht  

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  Museum of Edinburgh ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  military museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Old Gala House ⓘ
  museum in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK

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  Peebles Museum and Gallery ⓘ
  local museum in the Chambers Institute, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Robert Smail's Printing Works ⓘ
  preserved Victorian printworks in Scotland

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  Scottish Museum of Wool Textiles ⓘ
  museum in Peebles, Scotland, UK

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  SS Explorer ⓘ
  research vessel built in 1955  

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  The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Writers' Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinbugh, Scotland

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  Surgeons' Hall Museums ⓘ
  Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  St Cecilia's Hall ⓘ
  Music museum, concert hall in Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Trinity House of Leith ⓘ
  listed building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Camera Obscura ⓘ
  Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  John Knox House Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Scottish National Gallery ⓘ
  part of National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh

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  Anatomical Museum ⓘ
  Anatomical museum at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  Royal Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, now part of the National Museum of Scotland

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  Scottish National Portrait Gallery ⓘ
  art museum in Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Edinburgh Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  National War Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Scotland  

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  Glencorse Museum ⓘ
  museum in Penicuik, Scotland, UK

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  Museum of Childhood ⓘ
  Museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ⓘ
  part of National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh

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  Myreton Motor Museum ⓘ
  transport museum in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Burntisland Museum ⓘ
  museum in Burntisland, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  National Museum of Flight ⓘ
  aerospace museum in East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland

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  Talbot Rice Gallery ⓘ
  Art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  The John Buchan Story ⓘ
  museum in the Chambers Institute, Peebles, Scotland, UK

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  National Mining Museum Scotland ⓘ
  mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland

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  Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum ⓘ
  industry museum in Prestongrange, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Cousland Smiddy ⓘ
  museum in Cousland, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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  People's Story Museum ⓘ
  Museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland ⓘ
  regimental museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ⓘ
  regimental museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, part of the National Museum of Scotland.

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  National Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  combined museum in Edinburgh

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  Dynamic Earth ⓘ
  science center in Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Modern Two ⓘ
  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two

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  Museum on the Mound ⓘ
  money museum in the headquarters of HBOS

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  Musselburgh Museum ⓘ
  museum in Musselburgh, Scotland, UK

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  John Gray Centre Museum ⓘ
  museum in Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Military Museum Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Wilkieston, Scotland, UK

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  Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum ⓘ
  museum in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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2009 Jupiter Artland

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1888 Royal Museum of Scotland

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1889 Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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1951 Glencorse Museum

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1955 Museum of Childhood

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1960 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

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1966 Myreton Motor Museum

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1975 Burntisland Museum

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1975 National Museum of Flight

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1975 Talbot Rice Gallery

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1983 The John Buchan Story

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1984 National Mining Museum Scotland

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1984 Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum

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1986 Cousland Smiddy

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1989 People's Story Museum

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1991 Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

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1995 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum

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1998 Museum of Scotland

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1998 National Museum of Scotland

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1999 Dynamic Earth

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1999 Modern Two

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2006 Museum on the Mound

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2011 Musselburgh Museum

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2012 John Gray Centre Museum

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2017 Military Museum Scotland

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2022 Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum

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John Clerk, of Eldin, Borthwick Castle, c. 1770-1782, NGA 209445

Borthwick-Castle 2

Borthwick Castle (Vol.1 Pl.21.) (The Baronial Ecclesiastical Antiquities Of Scot.) by Robert Wi ... - Robert William Billings - ABDAG002583

Borthwick-Castle 1 (cropped)

Borthwick-Castle 1

The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland (1850) (14597730240)

Borthwick Castle from the S.W.

Borthwick Castle General Plan

Borthwick Castle Plan of Roof and Battlements

Borthwick Castle Transverse and Longitudinal Sections

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dictionary of Scottish Architects page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Byres Castle	bastle house	Wikidata
site	castle		Cairns Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Carberry Tower	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Dalhousie Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Dalkeith Palace	castle, palace	Wikidata
site	castle		Dirleton Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Fenton Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Horsburgh Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Preston Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Seton Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Stoneypath Tower	tower house, dovecote	Wikidata
site	castle		Thirlestane Castle	castle, country house, independent museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Traquair House	tower house, country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	Edinburgh Castle	castle, museum, tourist attraction, archaeological site, building complex	Wikidata
site	castle	1263	Neidpath Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Craigmillar Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1305	Roslin Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1430	Borthwick Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	garden		Walled Garden, Newliston House	walled garden	Wikidata
site	garden	2009	Jupiter Artland	art museum, sculpture garden	Wikidata
site	museum		City Art Centre	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Gosford House	historic house museum, mansion, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Haddington Library	library building, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum		Hibernian Football Club Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		HMY Britannia	museum ship, royal yacht, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Edinburgh	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Old Gala House	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Peebles Museum and Gallery	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Robert Smail's Printing Works	museum, commercial building, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Scottish Museum of Wool Textiles	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		SS Explorer	museum ship, research vessel, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Writers' Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1697	Surgeons' Hall Museums	independent museum, medical museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1763	St Cecilia's Hall	university museum, concert hall, musical instrument museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1816	Trinity House of Leith	building, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1835	Camera Obscura	observatory, camera obscura, tourist attraction, tenement, visitor center	Wikidata
site	museum	1850	John Knox House Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1859	Scottish National Gallery	art museum, national gallery, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Anatomical Museum	university museum, anatomical museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1888	Royal Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1889	Scottish National Portrait Gallery	art museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1913	Edinburgh Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1933	National War Museum	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1951	Glencorse Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1955	Museum of Childhood	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1960	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art	art museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1966	Myreton Motor Museum	museum, transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Burntisland Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	National Museum of Flight	museum, national museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Talbot Rice Gallery	museum, art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	The John Buchan Story	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	National Mining Museum Scotland	mining museum, national museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum	mining museum, industry museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Cousland Smiddy	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	People's Story Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland	museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum	museum, regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	National Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Dynamic Earth	museum, tourist attraction, science museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Modern Two	art museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2006	Museum on the Mound	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Musselburgh Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2012	John Gray Centre Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2017	Military Museum Scotland	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2022	Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		John Clerk, of Eldin, Borthwick Castle, c. 1770-1782, NGA 209445		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick-Castle 2		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick Castle (Vol.1 Pl.21.) (The Baronial Ecclesiastical Antiquities Of Scot.) by Robert Wi ... - Robert William Billings - ABDAG002583		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick-Castle 1 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick-Castle 1		Commons
commons	image		The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland (1850) (14597730240)		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick Castle from the S.W.		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick Castle General Plan		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick Castle Plan of Roof and Battlements		Commons
commons	image		Borthwick Castle Transverse and Longitudinal Sections		Commons