What is recorded here

Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote desperate letters from Niddry Castle in May 1568 after escaping Lochleven, turning the tower into a temporary seat of royal power before she fled south. Years later, Captain Scougall dropped heavy timber beams onto climbers attacking the walls, proving the stone could resist armed men as easily as it had held a queen. The castle has since passed through Seton, Hope and private hands, yet it still stands between oil shale bings like a stubborn heartbeat in an industrial field.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Niddry Castle as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Niddry Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in West Lothian, Scotland, and was built by the Lindsay family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. It is remembered for its historical association with the Lindseys and as an example of early Renaissance architecture in Scotland.

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