📌 Prestonpans, East Lothian
★★
This ruined 15th century castle stands, rather idyllically, in the middle of a small park within the southern suburbs of Prestonpans. The tower house was built to an L-plan for the local Hamilton family, but its most unusual feature was added two centuries later: a further, two-storey “house” planted on top, adding comfortable living quarters to an otherwise primarily defensive structure. The tower has benefited from extensive restoration finishing in 2025; also look out for the restored doocot (dovecot) elsewhere in the same park.
🌍 Location
📌 On open ground adjacent to Cross Cottages, 0.5 mi southeast of Prestonpans town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 390741
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.955691,-2.978052
🚆🚌 Train / bus to Prestonpans
🚗 Car park on east side
📝 Key info
⌚ Exterior always viewable; interior perhaps each first Saturday of the month, but see official website
🎫 Free
