# List of castles in East Lothian

This is a list of castles in East Lothian.

## List

| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | location | Notes |
| Auldhame Castle | tower house | 16th century | ruin | | Seacliff NT602847 | |
| Ballencrieff Castle | tower house | 1507, 1586 | restored | private; next to pig farm | Ballencrieff NT487783 | |
| Barnes Castle | uncompleted castle | | ruin | | Haddington NT529766 | Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults. |
| The Bass | curtain wall & keep | 16th century | ruin | open for visitors (via boat trip) | Bass Rock NT602873 | later adapted for artillery; stone used to build lighthouse |
| Black Castle | | | No remains | | Cockburnspath NT738707 | some remains existed until c. 1800 |
| Byres Castle | | 13th century | No remains | | | |
| Dirleton Castle | fortress | 13th century | partly ruined | Historic Scotland | Dirleton NT518840 | |
| Dunbar Castle | | | ruin | | Dunbar NT67827930 | |
| Fa'side Castle | Tower house (altered keep) | 15th century | Restored 1970s | Private | Tranent NT378710 | Also known as Faside, Fawside and Falside |
| Fenton Tower | Tower house | 1587 | Restored | Private | North Berwick NT543822 | In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory |
| Gamelshiel Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | | Lammermuir Hills NT649648 | |
| Garleton Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Partially occupied | Private | Haddington NT509767 | Partially restored with remaining part ruined |
| Hailes Castle | Keep & ranges | 14th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | East Linton NT575758 | Ranges and towers 15th-16th century |
| Innerwick Castle | | 14th century | Ruin | | Innerwick | |
| Keith Marischal | | | Occupied | | | |
| Kilspindie Castle | | | Ruin | | | |
| Lennoxlove | | | Occupied | Duke of Hamilton | | Open to the public |
| Luffness Castle | Tower house | 16th century | altered | private | Aberlady NT476804 | castle on site from 13th century |
| Markle Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | | NT57957754 | |
| Ormiston Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruin | | | |
| Penshiel Tower | | | Ruin | | | |
| Preston Tower | keep | 15th century | ruin | NTS; free access (exterior view & garden & doocot) | Prestonpans, next to Hamilton House NT393742 | Two storeys added in 17th century. Currently in council-maintained grounds. |
| Redhouse Castle | courtyard castle | 16th century | ruin | free access through market garden | Longniddry NT463770 | |
| Saltcoats Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Ruin | | Gullane | |
| Saltoun Hall or Castle | Elizabethan house | 16th century | occupied | private | Pencaitland NT461685 | building incorporates remnants of 12th-century castle |
| Smeaton House | Courtyard castle | 15th century | Modified | Private | Inveresk | Now part of a farm |
| Stoneypath Tower | tower house | 16th century | restored | | Nunraw Abbey NT596713 | |
| Tantallon Castle | courtyard castle | 14th century | ruin | Historic Scotland | North Berwick NT596851 | |
| Tranent Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruin | | Tranent | |
| Waughton Castle | | 14th century | Ruin | | Whitekirk | |
| Whittingehame Tower | keep | 15th century | Occupied | Balfour family | East Linton NT602733 | |
| Yester Castle | Castle & keep | 13th century | Ruin | private | Gifford NT556667 | Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha' |