What is recorded here
Craigmillar Castle and Doocot is a castle, fort or tower in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them. Maybe the doocot holes once crowded with pigeons whose flight marked time for people below. Imagine the castle standing at the edge of a living city, watched and watching.
A named place photographed at this map point in City of Edinburgh.
Craigmillar Castle was built in the late 14th century by the Douglas family, a powerful noble lineage in Scottish history. It is important as a historically significant fortress associated with key events in the Wars of Scottish Independence and later as a residence for the Earls of Morton.
Places near here
Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Road, Craigmillar CastleCastle (medieval) · 28 yd
Craigmillar CastleCastle · 34 yd
Little FranceBoundary Wall(s) (period Unknown), Road (period Unknown), Unidentified Pottery(s) (12th Century) · 237 yd
EdinburghFindspot (21st Century), Dress Fastener(s) (copper Alloy)(early Medieval) - (post Medieval) · 244 yd
The QuarryHeritage attraction · 269 yd
Hawkhill WoodWood · 374 yd
Craigmillar Castle ParkBoundary Wall (period Unknown) · 443 yd
Old Dalkeith RoadMilestone (19th Century) · 688 yd
The White House, CraigmillarMemorial · 841 yd
The Robin ChapelMemorial · 980 yd
Peffer PlaceVisitor information · 1182 yd
The “Innocent” RailwayVisitor information · 1301 ydOther information
Photo: Lisa Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0