North Berwick Castle


Parish: North Berwick

County: East Lothian

Grid reference: NT 5606 8516

Lat / long: 56.057307, -2.707062

Alternative names: Castle Hill; East Links

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

A castle belonging to the De Vaux family is thought to have stood on this natural mound, which is around 12 metres in height and surrounded by a ditch which is between 4.0 and 8.0 metres wide and 1.0 to 1.5 metres deep.

Around the summit is a stone and earth bank measuring approximately 1.0 metre high, enclosing an area of around 32.0 metres north to south by around 36.0 metres along the north wall. Within this embankment are traces of stonework which formed the foundations of the castle.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:57 pm, last updated Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 at 12:55 pm