Craiglockhart Castle

Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house located in the grounds of the Craiglockhart Campus of Napier University on Conlinton Road. It is in the Craiglockhart (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Longairt) district in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann, Alba). It is a square building and was originally four storeys high. Now only the first and part of the second storey remain, measuring approximately 28 feet by 24 feet with walls between 5 and 6 feet deep. The building is often described as a 15th century building, but others believe is dates to earlier. It is recorded that in 1505 the King granted Craiglockhart, the lands of the same with tower and fortalice to Thomas Kincaid. By the mid-15th century and throughout most of the 16th the Kincaid family owned Craiglockhart. They forfeited the land at the beginning of the 17th century and the estate passed to the Crown. The ruin is protected as a scheduled monument.

Link: Canmore Edinburgh, Glenlockhart Road, Craiglockhart Castle.

Image:  View of Edinburgh from Craiglockhart John Thomson (1778–1840) courtesy of Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council