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Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress located in East Lothian, Scotland, originally built in the 13th century by the de Vaux family and substantially developed thereafter. The castle complex includes a notable dovecot and associated gardens that reflect the domestic and agricultural infrastructure of a substantial baronial estate. The dovecot represents the type of specialist building that would have supplied the castle household with fresh provisions, whilst the gardens demonstrate the landscape planning characteristic of later medieval and early modern aristocratic residences. The site remains a significant example of medieval Scottish castle architecture and its supporting infrastructure, conveying the material culture and spatial organisation of a major landholding in the Lothian region.
Dirleton Castle, Dovecot and Gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90096. View the official record →
Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress located in East Lothian, Scotland, originally built in the 13th century by the de Vaux family and substantially developed thereafter. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90096.
Dirleton Castle, Dovecot and Gardens is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90096.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kae Heughs,fort,Garleton Hills (7.7 km), Barney Mains,palisaded enclosure and pit alignments WSW of (7.7 km), Barney Hill,enclosure (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dirleton Castle, Dovecot and Gardens's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dirleton Castle, Dovecot and Gardens stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.