Dingwall Castle (site of)

Dingwall Castle was probably built for John Dingwall, the provost of the nearby Trinity College Church from 1525 to 1532. Originally it took the form of a quadrangular structure built around an open courtyard, with a circular tower at each of the four corners.

The castle was used as a prison during the civil war following the end of Mary Queen of Scots' reign.

Sometime between the late 16th century and the mid-17th century the castle became ruined, and stones from it were used for the repair of Trinity College Church in 1643.

Between 1734 and 1736 an Orphan's Hospital (later renamed the Dean Hospital) was built on the land on which the castle once stood.

The site of Dingwall Castle is now under Waverley railway station, the Orphan's Hospital having been removed in 1845.