What is recorded here

Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house near Winchburgh, West Lothian, built around 1500 by the Lord Seton. During the civil war in Scotland, George, Lord Seton garrisoned the castle in support of Queen Mary, and Captain Scougall repelled a night attack by releasing heavy timber beams onto a party climbing scaling ladders. The castle later became part of the Hopetoun estate, and in the 1990s it was restored as a private residence after archaeological excavation of the surrounding area.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Niddry Castle as Garden (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.

Niddry Castle, located in Midlothian, Scotland, was a 16th-century tower house built by the Niddry family, a prominent local landholding family. It is remembered for its historical association with the region's feudal past and its role in the defense and administration of the surrounding estates.

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