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Dunglass House

Castle (medieval), Country House (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Dunglass House stands in East Lothian, Scotland, recorded as a medieval castle later shaped into a country house. Its walls have watched the coast through centuries of changing hands and forgotten lives. The house may have hosted feasts, hidden fears, or quiet rituals now lost to time. What remains is a shape in the landscape, waiting for someone to remember it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunglass House as Castle (medieval), Country House (period Unassigned). 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.
Dunglass House, located in the Borders region of Scotland, was originally a medieval castle built by the Douglas family in the 14th century. It is remembered for its historical association with the powerful Douglas earls and its strategic role in the conflicts between Scotland and England during the Middle Ages.

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