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Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, ... Reconstruction image of Tantallon Castle by Andrew Spratt; New insight into Tantallon Castle in East Lothian
The curtain wall of Tantallon Castle . Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth. The last medieval curtain wall castle to be constructed in Scotland, Tantallon ...
The Bass Rock viewed from Tantallon Castle in August 2024. The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass [5] (/ b æ s /), (Scottish Gaelic: Creag nam Bathais or Scottish Gaelic: Am Bas) is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland.
Approach to Tantallon Castle from the south. Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth. The last medieval curtain wall castle to be constructed in Scotland, Tantallon ...
The beach and estate command a strategic position at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and control of the area has been contested through the ages.The beach and estate were used as a staging post for various raids on nearby Tantallon Castle from the 14th to the 17th century.
In 1489 the 5th Earl of Angus, Douglas's father resigned his lordships of Tantallon, Douglasdale, Liddesdale, Ewesdale, Eskdale, Selkirk, and Jedburgh Forest to the crown. James III then granted a new charter in favour of the Master.
In 1699 Dalrymple bought the barony and Castle of Tantallon from James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas, but allowed the castle to fall into further ruin. [3] He married twice, to Marion Hamilton and Elizabeth Dundas and had a large family. His second son Sir Hew Dalrymple (1690–1755) [4] became a Lord of Session as Lord Drummore.
The Castle is notable for its planning with central corridors on three levels. James Douglas started building Drochil Castle for his own use in 1578, three years before his death. It was no more than half built and never finished. The ruins of the castle overlook Peebles and the valleys of the Tarth Water, Lyne Water, and River Tweed.