St Martin’s Kirk is a historic ruined church in Haddington, East Lothian. We stopped there on our way back from Dirleton, Tantallon and Hailes Castles. The kirk is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. It stands in the middle of a field.

Reverse view:-

Interior:-

One of the walls bears a plaque detailing the kirk’s history:-

Side view:-

Hailes Castle is in East Lothian. Built around 600 years ago it’s now a ruin in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.

From distance:-

View from road:-

Information board:-

Sadly access to the interior is not allowed for safety reasons, but you can (more or less) walk around what remains.

Doorway (photo shot through fence):-

Wall of castle:-

Stanley Mills are the reason why the village of Stanley in Perth and Kinross was built – to house the workers.

The mill is sited right beside the River Tay. This enabled it to make use of the water flow as the Tay never ran dry.

Some of the Mill buildings have been converted to housing but the westernmost is now an exhibition centre run by Historic Environment Scotland to demonstrate the Mills’ history and evolution over the years.

There is a lovely little gatehouse at the entrance to the mill complex:-

Mill buildings:-

From by the River Tay:-

Model of Mill complex and surroundings:-

Mill race:-

Mill race sluice gate:-

Information board. The Northern mill building is no longer present:-

River Tay at Stanley Mill:-

The Tay did freeze though – and the workers made use of the opportunity:-