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Gullane, Saltcoats Road, Saltcoats Castle

  • View from SW. Francis M Chrystal Date 1900 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from W. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from S. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from E. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from walled garden. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from NW. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • General view. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • General view. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from SE showing corbels on bartizan. Date 11/7/1949 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from W. Date 1928 Copyright RCAHMS
  • View from NW. Date 1928 Copyright RCAHMS
  • General view. Copyright RCAHMS
  • Plan. Alexander Archer Date 19/11/1835 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the W. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the W. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WNW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the E. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SE. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SSE. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the S. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SSW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 4/2/2009 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 23/6/2006 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 23/6/2006 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 23/6/2006 Copyright RCAHMS
  • Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 23/6/2006 Copyright RCAHMS


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View from SW. Francis M Chrystal Date 1900 Copyright RCAHMS
Item SC1164672

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Organisation

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Canmore ID

55082

Site Type

TOWER HOUSE

County

EAST LOTHIAN

Parish

DIRLETON

Council

EAST LOTHIAN

NGR

NT 48541 81877

Latitude, Longitude

56.027018N, 2.827232W

Images

Archaeological Notes
(NT 48541 81877) Saltcoats Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1968)

Saltcoats Castle is described in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) as' The ruins of an ancient castle near Saltocats House , the only portion remaining are the E end, the walls are a fraction of the ...
Name Book 1853

The late 16th c Saltcoats Castle consists of a main structure 72' by 23 1/2' which forms the S side of a courtyard with two projecting angle towers at the W end. The N wall and inner partitions of the main building are absent. Only the ground floor of some subsidiary buildings at the NE corner remain. The enclosing walls exist but are much repaired. The castle was still inhabited about 1790 but most of the building was removed for agricultural improvements about 1823-4.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913

Saltcoats Castle is generally as described except that the main block, which is virtually intact, forms the W side of the courtyard.
Visited by OS (RDL) 21 November 1962 and (SFS) 11 July 1975

The armorial stone of the builder, Patrick Levingtoun of Saltcoats, now mounted over the front door of a nearby cottage, probably came from over the door of the castle, and the date must be 1592 (the second digit crudely recut as a 3).
C McWilliam 1978
Architectural Notes
NT48SE 30 48501 81917 Dovecot
NT48SE 52 48503 81890 Market Garden house

Related Material Information - Bibliographical References

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, Edinburgh. Held at RCAHMS: F.5.21.MAC
McWilliam, C E (1978) Lothian except Edinburgh, Harmondsworth. Held at RCAHMS: Quick
Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale) Held at RCAHMS: Ref
RCAHMS (1924) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eighth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of East Lothian, Edinburgh. Held at RCAHMS: A.1.1.INV(8)

Related Material Information - Description of Collections

Digital Images

DP060424 (19/11/1835)
Plan. RCAHMS collection Alexander Archer
DP054874 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054873 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054872 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the W. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054871 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054870 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the W. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054869 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the WNW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054868 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054867 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the E. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054866 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SE. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054865 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SSE. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054864 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the S. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP054863 (4/2/2009)
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the castle with the remains of the farmstead adjacent, taken from the SSW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP017647 (23/6/2006)
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP017646 (23/6/2006)
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP017645 (23/6/2006)
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
DP017644 (23/6/2006)
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rig and field boundaries with the remains of the tower-house, cottage and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW. RCAHMS collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

Photographs

EL2294 (1900)
View from SW. RCAHMS collection Francis M Chrystal
EL132
General view. RCAHMS
A50221 (11/7/1949)
View from W. RCAHMS
A50220 (11/7/1949)
View from S. RCAHMS
A50219 (11/7/1949)
View from E. RCAHMS
A50218 (11/7/1949)
View from walled garden. RCAHMS
A50217 (11/7/1949)
View from NW. RCAHMS
A50216 (11/7/1949)
General view. RCAHMS
A50215 (11/7/1949)
General view. RCAHMS
A50214 (11/7/1949)
View from SE showing corbels on bartizan. RCAHMS
EL2179/37 (9/1961)
View from W. RCAHMS
EL2179/36 (9/1961)
View from NW. RCAHMS
EL1825 (1928)
View from NW. Clayton Wyelands, Ross-on-Wye.
EL1826 (1928)
View from W. Clayton Wyelands, Ross-on-Wye.

Print Room

SK2/19
Page 19. General view of Saltcoats Castle and Traprain Law. ANONYMOUS SKETCHBOOK 2 RCAHMS collection General Collection
SK2/20 (1885)
Page 20. General view. ANONYMOUS SKETCHBOOK 2. RCAHMS collection General Collection
SK2 (1885)
SKETCH BOOK 2: Two sketchbooks by an anonymous artist 1885-1892. Purchased Phillips Edinburgh Lot 83 27th July 1987. Both purchased from R. Miller Trongate Glasgow. Mainly very finely finished pen drawings over pencil sketches of Gullane; Athelstaneford; Aberlady 20th July 1885; Gosford; Gullane Church; Luffness House Aberlady; Ruins of convent near Luffness House; Aberlady Church; Newhouse Aberlady; Bothwell Castle; Haddington; North Berwick Abbey from the Station; Aberlady from the North; Saltcoats Castle and Traprain Law; Gullane Common 17 miles from Edinburgh; Barneymains; Kilduff House; Ruchill House and Kelvindale Street, Glasgow before 1887. collection General Collection
SKFINL/11/2
Page 2. General view. FINLAYSON SKETCH BOOK: 11 RCAHMS
SKFINL/11/1
Page 1. General view. FINLAYSON SKETCH BOOK: 11 RCAHMS
G91042PO
Historic photograph. General view. RCAHMS
ELD94/2 (19/11/1835)
Salt-coats from Goulon Hill. RCAHMS collection Alexander Archer

Prints And Drawings

ELD94/1 (1913)
Plan. RCAHMS

Scanned Images

SC1164672 (1900)
View from SW. RCAHMS collection Francis M Chrystal
SC1203686 (11/7/1949)
View from W. RCAHMS
SC1203683 (11/7/1949)
View from S. RCAHMS
SC1203682 (11/7/1949)
View from E. RCAHMS
SC1203681 (11/7/1949)
View from walled garden. RCAHMS
SC1203680 (11/7/1949)
View from NW. RCAHMS
SC1203679 (11/7/1949)
General view. RCAHMS
SC1203678 (11/7/1949)
General view. RCAHMS
SC1203676 (11/7/1949)
View from SE showing corbels on bartizan. RCAHMS
SC1164614 (1928)
View from W. Clayton Wyelands, Ross-on-Wye.
SC1164609 (1928)
View from NW. Clayton Wyelands, Ross-on-Wye.
SC1127334
General view. RCAHMS

Related OS 6-inch maps