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Waughton Castle

Scotland
HES SM5015
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Waughton Castle is a fifteenth-century tower house located in East Lothian, Scotland. The structure represents the domestic and defensive architecture typical of the Scottish lowlands during the late medieval period, when such fortified residences served as seats of local landholding families. The castle survives as a substantial stone-built tower, reflecting the architectural conventions of its era. As a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland designation, Waughton Castle remains an important example of late medieval Scottish baronial architecture.

Waughton Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5015. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Waughton Castle?

Waughton Castle is a fifteenth-century tower house located in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5015.

Who is responsible for protecting Waughton Castle?

Waughton Castle 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 SM5015.

What other scheduled monuments are near Waughton Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including West Mains,enclosure 500m WNW of (8.3 km), Morham Burn,enclosures W of (8.6 km), West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW of (9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

West Mains,enclosure 500m WNW of
Post-Medieval · Enclosure8.3 km
Morham Burn,enclosures W of
Post-Medieval · Enclosures8.6 km
West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW of
Post-Medieval · Enclosures9 km
Whitelaw Hill,enclosure
Post-Medieval · Enclosure9.3 km
Mould Bridge,enclosure 400m WNW of
Post-Medieval · Enclosure9.4 km
Morham Mains,enclosure E of
Post-Medieval · Enclosure9.5 km
Sandersdean, enclosure and ring ditch 160m N of
Post-Medieval · Enclosure and ring ditch9.6 km
Chesters Quarry,enclosure
Post-Medieval · Enclosure9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Waughton Castle

Waughton Castle stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Waughton Castle

Battle of Dunbar (1296)Battle (1296) · ~6.9 milesBattle of Dunbar IBattle · ~7.5 milesBattle of Dunbar IiBattle (1650) · ~8.2 milesBattle of PrestonpansBattle (1745) · ~11.1 miles
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