Scotland

CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE

2.5m SE of Edinburgh
EH16 4SY
t: 0131 668 8831
f: hs.explorer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
e: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/places
Admire the city views from the high ramparts of Edinburgh’s “other castle”. Craigmillar Castle was a prison for the younger brother of James III, a happy retreat for Mary Queen of Scots and the focus for the plot to murder her husband Lord Darnley. Its profile is dominated by its remarkably complete inner curtain wall.