What is recorded here

Herdmanston stood near Haddington as a medieval tower house where Andrew Douglas of Hermiston, ancestor of the Douglases of Dalkeith, once held land before James IV confirmed the stewardship. Soldiers occupied the house during the second world war and broke it beyond repair, forcing demolition after the conflict. One west-gate pillar still rises beside the ruined doocot, guarding the memory of a building that vanished rather than faded.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Herdmanston as Tower House (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.

Herdmanston Tower, a medieval tower house in East Lothian, Scotland, was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Cockburn family, a prominent local landowning family. It is remembered for its architectural significance and as a fine example of a defensive domestic residence from the late medieval period.

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