Yester Castle
Yester Castle is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of the village of Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' or Hobgoblin Ha'.Photo: Brendandh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Yester Castle & Hobgoblin Ha‘ vaulted chamber”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Black Castle and Yester House.
Black Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Castle, East Lothian is an Iron Age hillfort with a number of defensive banks, located 5 kilometres south-east of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. Black Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Yester Castle.
Yester House
Residential building
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yester House is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s. Yester House is situated 1 mile west of Yester Castle.
Yester Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yester Parish Church is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The village forms part of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun parish, and is a linked charge with Humbie Parish Church. Yester Parish Church is situated 1½ miles northwest of Yester Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gifford and Garvald.
Gifford
Village
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of Haddington and 25 miles east of Edinburgh. It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland. Gifford is situated 1½ miles northwest of Yester Castle.
Garvald
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garvald is a village south-east of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies on the Papana Water south of the B6370, east of Gifford. The combined parish of Garvald and Bara, borders Whittingehame to the East, Morham to the North, Yester to the West, and Lauder to the South. Garvald is situated 3 miles northeast of Yester Castle.
Morham
Hamlet
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morham, East Lothian, sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, Garvald, Yester, Whittingehame, and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the Lammermuir Hills. Morham is situated 3½ miles north of Yester Castle.
Yester Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8914° or 55° 53′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.71095° or 2° 42′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7VV7RQ+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2389298189OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q8052936
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Yester Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Hrad Yester”
- Czech: “Yester Castle”
- Finnish: “Yesterin linna”
- German: “Yester Castle”
- Turkish: “Yester Kalesi”
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