What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Midhope Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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.
Midhope Castle is a medieval tower house built by the Keith family in the 15th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and is associated with the historical Keiths of Midhope, a prominent noble family in East Lothian.
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Places near here
AbercornFort (prehistoric) · 380 yd
MidhopeEnclosure (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 409 yd
Hopetoun House, West Gate-lodge and GatesGate Lodge (19th Century), Gate Pier(s) (19th Century) · 571 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Abercorn MuseumMuseum (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 987 yd
Staneyhill TowerTower House (17th Century) · 1.2 mi
Blackness CastleCastle (medieval), Prison (15th Century) · 1.4 mi
North Philpstoun BingMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Bailies MuirWood · 1.5 mi
Blackness War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Blackness BayBay · 1.6 mi
Burn CraigsWood · 1.7 mi
Duntarvie CastleCountry House (16th Century), Garden (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: John Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0