Gullane, Saltcoats Road, Saltcoats Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Saltcoats Castle stands in East Lothian as a 16th-century structure still bearing a 17th-century architectural fragment. Gullane and Saltcoats Road mark its address, but the castle itself remains the notable feature. Whether it guarded a coast road, stored salt, or simply belonged to a proud local family, the stones suggest more than decoration. The exact boundary between fact and legend is no longer visible, which is why the place still provokes imagination.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gullane, Saltcoats Road, Saltcoats Castle as Architectural Fragment (17th Century), Castle (16th 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.

Saltcoats Castle, located on Saltcoats Road in Gullane, was built in the 16th century and later modified in the 17th century; it is remembered as a historic architectural fragment reflecting Scotland's medieval and early modern defensive structures.

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