On the same trip on which we visited both Dirleton and Hailes Castles (we do tend to pack a lot in) we sandwiched in a visit to Tantallon Castle, which stands on a promontory east of North Berwick in East Lothian.

Though a ruin it’s a seriously impressive structure:-

Information board:-

It’s a fair walk from the car park and Castle shop up to the castle. Approach:-

Entrance:-

Within the walls:-

The courtyard is now a grassy space:-

Far right-side wall:-

The Firth of Forth’s most prominent island, the Bass Rock, lies just off the coast here:-

Part of castle-:-

It’s possible to climb up to the top of the castle. Its a long way down!:-

Fireplaces on different levels:-

What looked like  like World War 2 gun emplacements or the buildings that served them lay just to the west:-

A good position to protect the Firth of Forth from sea attack. East Lomond Hill and Largo Law can be seen on the far side.:-

Dirleton Castle is in the village of Dirleton in East Lothian. It was built in the thirteenth century and ha ben home to the Des Vaux, the Haliburton and the Ruthven families but is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.

Entrance:-

Interior:-

Fireplace:-

Courtyard:-

Dungeon within the castle:-

Tower on external wall :-

There is a visitor centre type display inside the tower which contains these two posters:-