Dirleton Castle

Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. It lies around 2 miles (3.2 km) west of North Berwick, and around 19 miles (31 km) east of Edinburgh. The oldest parts of the castle date to the 13th century, and it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century.

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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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1969 Scottish Fisheries Museum

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1971 Kirkcaldy Industrial 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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1979 Crail Museum

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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 Methil Heritage Centre

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1991 Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

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1992 Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery

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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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2013 Coastal Communities Museum

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2022 Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum

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Frameless

Octagonal room in Dirleton Castle (1852)

Dirleton buffet

Daniel Wilson - The Chapel, Dirleton Castle, Scotland - B1977.14.4301 - Yale Center for British Art

Dirlton Castle engraving by William Miller after Rev J Thomson

Dirleton Castle (1852) (14782071535)

Dirleton Castle, the Baron's seat in the Great Hall, 1852

Dirleton Castle.

Dirleton Castle (1909) (14784193135)

Plans of Dirleton Castle

Dirleton Castle

• Dirleton Castle - guidebook published in 1995
• Dirleton Castle - guidebook published in 2007

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Burgenwelt page@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Ardross Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Balgonie Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Byres Castle	bastle house	Wikidata
site	castle		Carberry Tower	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Crail Castle	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		Preston Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Seton Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Stoneypath Tower	tower house, dovecote	Wikidata
site	castle	1070	Dunbar Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	Edinburgh Castle	castle, museum, tourist attraction, archaeological site, building complex	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Craigmillar Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1350	Tantallon Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1360	Kellie Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1430	Borthwick Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle	1460	Ravenscraig Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1542	Seafield Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	museum		City Art Centre	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fife Folk Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fife Heritage Railway	heritage railway	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		John Muir's Birthplace	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Edinburgh	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle	military 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	1925	Kirkcaldy Galleries	museum, art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1933	National War Museum	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1953	Scotland's Secret Bunker	museum, bunker	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	1969	Scottish Fisheries Museum	maritime museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	Kirkcaldy Industrial Museum	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	1979	Crail Museum	museum, independent 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	Methil Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland	museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery	museum, local authority 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	2013	Coastal Communities Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2022	Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Octagonal room in Dirleton Castle (1852)		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton buffet		Commons
commons	image		Daniel Wilson - The Chapel, Dirleton Castle, Scotland - B1977.14.4301 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		Dirlton Castle engraving by William Miller after Rev J Thomson		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton Castle (1852) (14782071535)		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton Castle, the Baron's seat in the Great Hall, 1852		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton Castle.		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton Castle (1909) (14784193135)		Commons
commons	image		Plans of Dirleton Castle		Commons
commons	image		Dirleton Castle		Commons