
What is recorded here
Castle Mains is a working farmstead in East Lothian, Scotland, built in the late 18th Century and continued through the 19th Century. It is not a ruined castle or public attraction; it is a private agricultural property recorded in the national heritage database. The name suggests an older connection to a lost castle, but no castle is recorded at the site.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Mains as Farmhouse (late 18th Century), Farmstead (late 18th Century) - (19th 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 historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Castle MainsDam (19th Century) · 184 yd
BaxtersykeCurvilinear Enclosure (prehistoric) · 379 yd
Yester Castle and Goblin Ha'Motte and Bailey (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 382 yd
Yester CastleCastle · 407 yd
Shank Lea WoodLinear Feature (period Unknown), Pit Alignment (prehistoric), Quarry (period Unknown) · 466 yd
Thicket WoodWood · 948 yd
QuarryfordQuarry (post Medieval) · 961 yd
Newlands StripWood · 1106 yd
BroadwoodsideHeritage attraction · 2.2 mi
Kidlaw ViewNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.0 mi
Priest LawMountain / peak · 3.6 mi
Lute LawMountain / peak · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0