Oldwoodhouselee Castle
Old Woodhouselee Castle was a 16th-century tower house located approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. It was situated south of the River Esk, near a dismantled railway track.- Type: Castle
- Description: scheduled monument in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Old Woodhouselee Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auchendinny Viaduct and Glencorse Parish Church.
Glencorse Parish Church
Church
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glencorse Parish Church is situated 1 mile northwest of Oldwoodhouselee Castle.
Old Parish Church, Glencorse
Building
Photo: james waugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Parish Church, Glencorse is a building, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Oldwoodhouselee Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchendinny and Milton Bridge.
Auchendinny
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development.
Milton Bridge
Hamlet
Milton Bridge is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located two miles north of Penicuik on the Glencorse Burn and gets its name from the bridge crossing.
Roslin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penicuik is a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.
Oldwoodhouselee Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8416° or 55° 50′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.1876° or 3° 11′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C7RRRR6+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6016039624OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q42887816
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