Herdmanston House

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Herdmanston House and environs depicted on an 1894 Ordnnce Survey map Herdmanston House - 1894 OS map depicition.png
Herdmanston House and environs depicted on an 1894 Ordnnce Survey map

Herdmanston House was a castle and later tower house located in the parish of Saltoun, East Lothian in Scotland. [1]

The lands of Herdmanston were held by the St Clair/Sinclair family from the 12th century, when Henry St Clair received a grant of lands of Herdmanston, from Richard de Morville, Constable of Scotland. [2] Described as an L-plan 16th century tower house, incorporating an earlier building. The tower was seized by Lord Gray of Wilton in 1548. [3]

The house was demolished on 31 May 1969, after the house had been declared unsafe and uninhabitable after use by the military during the Second World War. A gate pillar remains at the site.

Nearby are located the remains of the 13th century chapel, dedicated to St John the Evangelist and the vault of the Sinclair family.

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References

  1. "Herdmanston". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. Maclean-Sinclair, Rev. A (1901). The Sinclairs of Roslin, Caithness and Goshen. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: The Examiner Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014.
  3. Coventry Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN   1 899874 10 0 p.532

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