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Kilspindie Castle is a medieval stronghold located in East Lothian, Scotland, which served as a fortified residence during the later medieval period. The castle comprises a substantial stone structure characteristic of Scottish baronial architecture, positioned to command its immediate landscape. The site also encompasses evidence of associated settlement activity, indicating it functioned as an administrative and residential centre for the surrounding territory. The monument reflects the pattern of castle building and occupation common amongst the Scottish gentry and nobility from the medieval period onwards, though the precise dating and chronology of its construction phases require reference to detailed archaeological and architectural analysis recorded in the historic environment record.
Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5997. View the official record →
Kilspindie Castle is a medieval stronghold located in East Lothian, Scotland, which served as a fortified residence during the later medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5997.
Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle and settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement 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 SM5997.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Seton Mains, fort (5.9 km), Southfield,ring ditch 350m SW of (5.9 km), Seton Collegiate Church (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement'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.
Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.