Garleton Castle
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Haddington | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 58 '50.5 " N , 2 ° 47' 18.2" W | |
| Height: | 136 m ASL | |
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Garleton Castle is a ruined castle about 1.5 miles north of Haddington on the northern edge of the Garleton Hills in the East Lothian administrative division of Scotland .
architecture
Garleton Castle once consisted of three blocks within a curtain wall , but the main block, an L-shaped tower house and its two side wings, has been largely destroyed. The second block has been converted into a farmhouse and the rectangular third block is still almost complete. This block has two full floors and an attic floor as well as a stepped gable . Further details are the round stair tower and loopholes in the walls. The loopholes are inclined, characteristic of the 16th century. The castle is made of quarry stone . Parts of the curtain wall have been preserved as well as a round tower.
The interior, which has been significantly changed, consists of a kitchen with a vaulted ceiling , equipped with a fireplace with a wide arch, and another room with a covered, open fireplace. Historic Scotland has listed the remains of the castle as a Category B Historic Building and is a Scheduled Monument .
history
The building from the 16th century belonged to the Lindsay clan . Later it fell to the Towers from Innerleithen . They sold it to the Setons . Sir John Seton received the property from his father, George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton . As early as 1885, the property could be described as a fragmentary ruin.
It is possible that Sir David Lindsay , who wrote Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis , was born in an earlier building in the same location in 1486.
Ghosts
It is said that the building was once haunted by the appearance of a man, where the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 . P. 224.
- ↑ a b c Garleton Castle . In: Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
