What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ormiston Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ormiston Castle was built in the late 13th or early 14th century by the de Morville family, a prominent noble lineage in East Lothian, Scotland. It is remembered as a significant medieval stronghold and is associated with historical events during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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Places near here
Kirkbank StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 397 yd
Ormiston MillGrain Mill (19th Century) · 462 yd
Glen PlantationWood · 875 yd
Eckford Parish Church, ChurchyardChurchyard (post Medieval), Grave Slab (medieval), Grave Slab(s) (17th Century) · 1115 yd
Eckford Parish ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Pillory (post Medieval), Bell (medieval) · 1132 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1211 yd
Fiends CausewayForest · 1.2 mi
Eckford, Eckford RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Graham's LawMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Wallace's TowerTower House (16th Century) · 1.6 mi
Wooden HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
CrailingCave(s) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi