Castle: Edinburgh, Photos, History, Location, Scottish Structure, Date, Image

Historic Building in Edinburgh, Scotland

Craigmillar Castle

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Location: Craigmillar Castle Road, 3m south-east of Edinburgh off the A68

Craigmillar Castle
Craigmillar Castle: image by Adrian Welch

Built round an L-plan tower house from e.15th century, much expanded in the 15th & 16th centuries. Queen Mary used it so often that the hamlet to the west which housed her French attendants came to be known as Little France.

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Craigmillar Castle: images by Adrian Welch

Contact Craigmillar Castle: +44 (0)131 661 4445

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