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Auldhame Castle

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was said to have been buried at the site in 756. A cemetery site in an adjoining field was excavated in 2008, the remains of at least 326 individual skeletons were noted, plus the foundations of a probable chapel with an estimated 9th century date (based on comparisons with similar structures).
79:. It consists of a three-storey main block with a projecting stair-tower. Part of a vaulted basement kitchen remains, with a bread oven. The upper floors are mostly gone. Some plaster remains on the walls, including traces of a moulded decorative frieze. 258: 277: 182: 251: 76: 287: 165: 292: 244: 126: 101: 106: 282: 88: 29: 135: 161: 60: 228: 72: 174: 271: 52: 56: 44: 21: 197: 184: 48: 130: 41: 28: 33:
Plaster freize depicting animals and a tree, Auldhame Castle
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The castle was built in the 16th century, probably by
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L-plan
tower house
Seacliff beach
North Berwick
East Lothian
Tantallon Castle
Adam Otterburn
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Saint Baldred of Tyninghame
List of castles in Scotland
Auldhame & Scoughall
Historic Environment Scotland
"Excavation (851176)"
Canmore
ISBN
1-84158-449-5
History of Auldhame Castle
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Ruined castles in East Lothian
North Berwick
Tower houses in Scotland
Scotland castle stubs

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