Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located 5 kilometres east of , in , Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the , looking out onto the .
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  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 148 feet (45 metres)
  • Description: mid-14th-century fortress east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Auldhame Castle and Bass Rock.

Ruins
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined L-plan tower house… is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Tantallon Castle.

Islet
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The , or simply the Bass, is an island in the…

Lighthouse
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The on is a 20-metre… is situated 1½ miles north of Tantallon Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Auldhame & Scoughall and Canty Bay.

Hamlet
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Auldhame and Scoughall are hamlets in , Scotland.

Hamlet
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is a small inlet and coastal hamlet on the northern coast of East Lothian, Scotland.

Hamlet
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comprises a beach, an estate and a harbour.

Tantallon Castle

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Latitude
56.0565° or 56° 3′ 23″ north
Longitude
-2.65024° or 2° 39′ 1″ west
Open location code
9C8V384X+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 59806740
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2636254
Wiki­data ID
Q57803

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Tantallon Castle” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Tantallon Qəsri”
  • Basque: “Tantallon gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell Tantallon”
  • Chinese: “坦塔倫城堡”
  • Czech: “Tantallon Castle”
  • Dutch: “Tantallon Castle”
  • Finnish: “Tantallonin linna”
  • French: “château de Tantallon”
  • French: “Château de Tantallon”
  • German: “Tantallon Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת טנטלון”
  • Hungarian: “Tantallon vára”
  • Italian: “Castello di Tantallon”
  • Italian: “Castello Tantallon”
  • Japanese: “タンタロン城”
  • Macedonian: “замок Танталон”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Tantallon”
  • Russian: “Замок Танталлон”
  • Scots: “Tantallon Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Tantallon”
  • Slovenian: “grad Tantalion”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Tantallon”
  • Swedish: “Tantallon slott”
  • Turkish: “Tantallon Kalesi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Tantallon”

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