Thornton Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Thornton Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 58944
Site Number NT77SW 4
NGR NT 7353 7356
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58944
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Innerwick (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77SW 4 7353 7356.
(NT 7353 7356) Thornton Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1959)
Thornton Castle first appears on record in 1502 when it belonged to John Montgomery. Miller, quoting a contemporary account of its siege, says that it was blown up in 1640. 'A fragment of one of the arches which supported the first floor' stood until about 1800 but no trace of the castle now remains.
Name Book 1853; J Miller 1830
Only a few loose stones remain to indicate the site of the castle.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 28 March 1966
