• The damaged castle was then acquired by John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton, who decided to build a new country house on the nearby Archerfield Estate.
  • Standing on a rock in picturesque grounds, Dirleton Castle consists of towers and ranges of buildings around a courtyard, which was once surrounded by a wide ditch.
  • The castle ruins say much more. Dirleton Castle, a Historic Environment Scotland (HES) property, served as a residence for three noble families, the...
  • ...the Castle has been known for its fantastic collection of Scottish history and the beautiful north garden, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg for Dirleton Castle.
  • Today we visited Dirleton Castle in the picturesque village of Dirleton, a few miles west of North Berwick and 19 miles (31 km) east of Edinburgh.
  • We used to visit Dirleton Castle with our young kids. This was the first time I had been back in a while - this time with my grown-up daughter.
  • Dirleton Castle in East Lothian has existed since the 13th century. ... Today, Dirleton is in the hands of Historic Scotland.
  • Read a brief history of Dirleton Castle, besieged and badly damaged by Cromwell but now famous for the glorious Dirleton Castle gardens.
  • Today, some twenty miles east of Edinburgh, the ruined yellow clustered towers of Dirleton castle high on its rocky knoll overlooking the Victorian Bowling...