Melville Castle
Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic mansion situated less than a mile west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elginhaugh and St David’s Church.
Elginhaugh
Archaeological site
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Elginhaugh Roman Fort was a Roman fort of the 1st century AD, located in Midlothian, Scotland. Elginhaugh is the most completely excavated timber-built auxiliary fort in the Roman Empire. Elginhaugh is situated 1,300 feet east of Melville Castle.
St David’s Church
Church
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St David's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was founded in 1854 by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian. It was designed by Joseph Hansom and is a category A listed building. St David’s Church is situated 3,600 feet east of Melville Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalkeith and Lasswade.
Dalkeith
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Dalkeith is a town in Midlothian, six miles southeast of Edinburgh in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's a commuter town for the city and had a population of 13,400 in 2016.
Lasswade
Village
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Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melville Castle lies to the north east.
Newbattle
Suburb
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Newbattle is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland. The village lies south of Dalkeith, about seven miles from Edinburgh. It is notable for containing Newbattle Abbey, a stately home built on the site of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
Melville Castle
- Type: Historical site
- Description: mansion in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mansion, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Melville Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Melville gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Melville Castle”
- French: “Melville Castle”
- German: “Melville Castle”
- Japanese: “メルヴィル城”
- Persian: “ملوایل (دژ)”
- Persian: “ملوایل”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Melville”
- Scots: “Melville Castle”
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