What is recorded here

Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house in West Lothian where Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to her allies in May 1568 before fleeing further north. During the 1572 civil war, defenders dropped heavy timber beams onto attackers climbing scaling ladders, turning the stone tower into a lethal trap. The castle later hosted Danish commissioners, a wedding celebrated with great triumphs, and a guest hoping to regain royal favour, proving that its rooms measured ambition as much as blood.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Niddry Castle as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Niddry Castle was built by the de Niddry family in the 13th century and is remembered as the birthplace of William Wallace in 1270, making it a site of national significance in Scottish history.

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