What is recorded here
East Saltoun, the Old Castle stands in East Lothian as an early 18th Century house, its walls holding the shape of a life long gone. The stone may have warmed under hands that loved the view or trembled under hands that feared the dark. Whatever happened inside, the castle still keeps the edge of that memory, waiting for someone brave enough to listen.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records East Saltoun, the Old Castle as House (early 18th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Old Castle at East Saltoun was built by the Saltoun family, a historically significant Scottish noble family, in the early 18th century. It is remembered as a testament to the family's long-standing influence in the region and as an example of early modern Scottish domestic architecture.
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Places near here
East Saltoun, Parish Church and ChurchyardBurial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1805), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 65 yd
East SaltounFarmhouse (early 18th Century) - (mid 18th Century), Farmhouse (early 20th Century) (1920), Pit(s) (medieval), Organic Material(s) (bone)(medieval), Organic Material(s) (shell)(medieval), Unidentified Pottery(s) (medieval) · 72 yd
Dryden WoodForest · 604 yd
MiddlemainsFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 1036 yd
East MainsSettlement (period Unassigned) · 1282 yd
Skimmer Hills StripForest · 1336 yd
Saltoun HallCastle (medieval), Country House (19th Century) · 1613 yd
Easter Pencaitland, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.7 mi
Pencaitland War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Haddington, Neilson ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.3 mi
Haddington, Court StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.3 mi
John Gray CentreMuseum · 4.4 mi