What is recorded here

Craigmillar Castle rose in Edinburgh during the fourteenth century as a proud Preston residence rather than a hostile fortress, its tall tower overlooking the city like a domestic monument. Simon III later held John Stewart, Earl of Mar, there before John was killed in Canongate, casting a shadow over the castle’s polished halls. Queen Mary stayed within its walls and honoured Simon Preston with a place on her Privy Council, while English troops under the Earl of Hertford burned the buildings during the Eight Years War. The ruins still keep that mixture of hospitality, ambition and violence, making the stones feel less like history and more like a house that remembers every guest.

Craigmillar Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of City of Edinburgh. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Craigmillar Castle was built in the late 14th century by the Douglas family, a powerful noble house in Scottish history. It is important as a historic stronghold associated with key events in the Wars of Scottish Independence and later as a residence of the Earls of Morton.

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