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North Berwick & East Lothian |
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The ESSENTIAL GUIDE for visitors |
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CASTLES & HERITAGE,
East Lothian - Page 1 |
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Chesters Hill Fort near Drem. Open all year.
Free admission. 7 miles south west. A mile south of Drem on the
B1377. Parking. One of Scotland’s best-preserved Iron Age
hill forts. Probably built in the first millennium BC it was
occupied into the Roman occupation of Britain in the early centuries
of the first millennium AD. An impressive and imposing monument
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Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, EH39 5ER. Tel:
01620 850330. Open daily April to September, 9.30am – 5.30pm
and October to March, 10am – 4pm. 2.5 miles west, next to
Dirleton village green. On bus routes X5, 124 and X24. Parking.
Fortress-residence served three noble families over 400 years.
Badly damaged in Cromwell’s 1650 seige but the de Vaux towers,
built c1240, still survive. Splendid gardens include the world’s
longest herbaceous border. |
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Hailes Castle near East Linton. Open
all year. Free admission. 7 miles south of North Berwick. 1.5
miles south west of East Linton. Parking. Beautifully-sited ruin
of a fortified manor dating back to the 1200s, associated with
the Wars of Independence and Mary Queen of Scots. The castle’s
days as a stronghold ended with Cromwell’s invasion in 1650. |
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The ESSENTIAL GUIDE for locals |
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