Digital image of EL 1171

Description Digital image of EL 1171

Date 1951

Collection H D Wyllie

Catalogue Number SC 800254

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of EL 1171

Scope and Content Hailes Castle, East Lothian, from south This view from the south, taken in 1951, shows the remains of a doorway in the 14th-century south courtyard wall, looking through the doorway into the 15th-century bakehouse and chapel block. The bakehouse was in the basement and there was a large oven under the wooden stair. The 14th-century west tower of the castle was still intact in the late 18th century, when the chapel had been converted into a granary. The 13th-century tower was converted into a dovecot. The complex subsequently fell into decay, and was given into State care in 1926 by the Earl of Balfour. Now in the care of Historic Scotland, it is open to the public. The first part of Hailes Castle was built in the 13th century, probably by the Earl of Dunbar and March. It was enlarged in the late 14th century, and again in the early 16th century by the Hepburn family. The castle passed through many hands. After the introduction of artillery it was of little defensive value. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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