Castles and forts in City of Edinburgh

The Discover Alone map has 110 castles and forts in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Weekly Farmers' Market at Castle TerraceCastle, fort or towerWeekly Farmers' Market at Castle Terrace is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps vendors…
• Waverley Station from the Castle, EdinburghCastle, fort or towerWaverley Station from the Castle, Edinburgh is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Tower in Ratho QuarryCastle, fort or towerTower in Ratho Quarry is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps it guarded the quarry mouth or…
• The north slopes below Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerThe north slopes below Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps people…
• The National Gallery and Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerThe National Gallery and Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• The Millennium Clock TowerCastle, fort or towerThe Millennium Clock Tower is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps it stands as a sharp…
• The Martello Tower in WastelandCastle, fort or towerThe Martello Tower in Wasteland is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps soldiers stood watch…
• The Jubilee Tower with its clock, at South QueensferryCastle, fort or towerThe Jubilee Tower with its clock, at South Queensferry is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland.…
• The Forth Bridge from Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Forth Bridge from Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the bridge…
• The Castle EsplanadeCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Esplanade is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps it stood as a warning to…
• The Castle Arms, EdinburghCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Arms, Edinburgh is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps its stones still hold the…
• Telephone boxes, Castle WyndCastle, fort or towerTelephone boxes, Castle Wynd is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the boxes stood like…
• St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerSt Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps women prayed…
• St Cuthbert's Church and the CastleCastle, fort or towerSt Cuthbert's Church and the Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle…
• Soldier, Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerSoldier, Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps soldiers marched across…
• Scaffolding on Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerScaffolding on Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the wooden beams and…
• Redhall CastleArmorial Panel (16th Century), Castle (medieval), Dovecot (18th Century)Redhall Castle in Edinburgh holds a medieval castle, an eighteenth-century dovecote, and a sixteenth-century armorial…
• Preparing the 1 o'clock gun, Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerPreparing the 1 o'clock gun, Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Panorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 2 of 4Castle, fort or towerPanorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 2 of 4 is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Panorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 3 of 4Castle, fort or towerPanorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 3 of 4 is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Panorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 1 of 4Castle, fort or towerPanorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 1 of 4 is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Panorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 4 of 4Castle, fort or towerPanorama from the Castle, Edinburgh - 4 of 4 is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• North Tower, Palace of Holyrood HouseCastle, fort or towerNorth Tower, Palace of Holyrood House is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps its stones…
• New Royal Infirmary from Craigmillar CastleCastle, fort or towerNew Royal Infirmary from Craigmillar Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Misty Castle from Salisbury CragsCastle, fort or towerMisty Castle from Salisbury Crags is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps it watched the…
• Merchiston Tower, Napier UniversityCastle, fort or towerMerchiston Tower, built in the middle of the 15th century, is the birthplace of John Napier, whose logarithms and…
• Lookout towerCastle, fort or towerBeyazıt Tower rises eighty-five metres above Istanbul, but the Edinburgh marker points to a different kind of height. A…
• Lennox TowerTower House (medieval)Lennox Tower rose in the fifteenth century for the Earls of Lennox, a rectangular stone guard on a promontory near the…
• Leaving Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerLeaving Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the stones still hold the…
• Lauriston Castle GardensCastle, fort or towerLauriston Castle Gardens is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle walls still hold…
• Lauriston CastleCastleLauriston Castle stands in the City of Edinburgh, a stone anchor beside the rolling life of the town. It has watched…
• Hatton HouseCountry House (17th Century), Tower House (medieval)Hatton House stood as a seventeenth-century country mansion beside a medieval tower, holding Lauders, Maitlands and…
• Grounds of Lauriston CastleCastle, fort or towerGrounds of Lauriston Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle vanished long…
• Firing of the One O'clock Gun, Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerFiring of the One O'clock Gun, Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Edinburgh, West Shore Road, Granton CastleCastle (medieval), Quarry (post Medieval)Granton Castle stood as a medieval fortress before becoming a post-medieval quarry, marking the transition from…
• Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig HouseFlat(s) (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Sundial (modern), Tower House (17th Century)Pilrig House, a 17th-century tower in Edinburgh, still stands with a 17th-century sundial and a modern one, its stone…
• Edinburgh, Liberton, Tower Or Castle of MalbetTower House (medieval)(possible)Malbet's tower rose in Liberton beside Edinburgh, a medieval shadow where stone and memory still tangle. Whether it…
• Edinburgh, 'dingwall Castle'Castle (medieval), Jail (16th Century)Dingwall Castle stood in Edinburgh as a medieval fortress before becoming a 16th Century jail, marking the shift from…
• Edinburgh, Cramond Road South, Lauriston CastleCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century)Cramond Road South, Lauriston Castle is a 19th-century country house and 16th-century tower house in the City of…
• Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Road, Craigmillar CastleCastle (medieval)Craigmillar Castle stands on Craigmillar Castle Road in Edinburgh, a medieval structure preserved in the national…
• Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Napier University, Merchiston CastleCollege (20th Century), School (19th Century), Tower House (15th Century)Merchiston Castle stands inside Napier University on Colinton Road, a fifteenth-century tower house reduced to a…
• Edinburgh Castle under SnowCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle under Snow is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps snow softens the castle…
• Edinburgh Castle through Glass Marbles at the College of ArtCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle through Glass Marbles at the College of Art is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland.…
• Edinburgh Castle on the day of the Make Poverty History MarchCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle on the day of the Make Poverty History March is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh…
• Edinburgh Castle in SilhouetteCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle in Silhouette is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the dark shape holds…
• Edinburgh Castle from the National Museum of ScotlandCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from the National Museum of Scotland is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland.…
• Edinburgh Castle from the GrassmarketCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle…
• Edinburgh Castle from Scott MonumentCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from Scott Monument is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle…
• Edinburgh Castle from Princes St. GardensCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from Princes St. Gardens is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the…
• Edinburgh Castle from Christ Church SpireCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from Christ Church Spire is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle…
• Edinburgh Castle from Calton HillCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle from Calton Hill is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the stones…
• Edinburgh Castle Esplanade from the castle battlementsCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle Esplanade from the castle battlements is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland.…
• Edinburgh Castle, EdinburghCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle, Edinburgh is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps soldiers climbed damp…
• Edinburgh Castle, CastlehillCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle, Castlehill is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps soldiers marched…
• Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town from Salisbury CragsCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Castle and the Old Town from Salisbury Crags is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland.…
• Edinburgh Airport Control TowerCastle, fort or towerEdinburgh Airport Control Tower is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps it watches the sky…
• Earl Haig Statue, Edinburgh CastleCastle, fort or towerEarl Haig Statue, Edinburgh Castle is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the stone guard…
• Dundas Castle Golf CourseCastle, fort or towerDundas Castle Golf Course is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps the castle walls dissolved…
• Dundas Castle EstateCastle, fort or towerDundas Castle Estate is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps its walls still hold the shape…
• Cramond TowerCastleCramond Tower is a fifteenth-century defensive castle in Cramond, Edinburgh, with walls up to five feet thick and a…

Other kinds of place in City of Edinburgh

• Historic places
• Archaeology and monuments
• Things to do
• Wrecks and historic events
• Memorials and graveyards
• Viewpoints and information
• Woods, forests and old trees
• Mountains and hills
• Beaches and strands
• Cliffs, bays and coast
• Islands
• Waterfalls, wells and springs