Newbyres Castle


Parish: Borthwick

County: Midlothian

Grid reference: NT 3443 6145

Lat / long: 55.841836, -3.048553

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Newbyres Castle was built in the mid-16th century as an L-shaped tower, but is now in ruins.

In the early 20th century the walls of the main block were still standing, and the foundations of the south wing could still be seen, but now all that is left is a 4.0 metre tall section at the north-east of the tower, and a pile of overgrown rubble.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm, last updated Sunday, October 24th, 2010 at 2:07 am