Dalhousie Castle
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, the chieftains of Clan Ramsay.- Type: Building
- Description: castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Address: Bonnyrigg
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newtongrange railway station and Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church.
Newtongrange railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtongrange is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 11 miles 77 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Newtongrange in Midlothian, Scotland. Newtongrange railway station is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Dalhousie Castle.
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church
Church
Newbattle Abbey
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently became a stately home and then an educational institution. Newbattle Abbey is situated 1½ miles north of Dalhousie Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtongrange and Hopefield.
Newtongrange
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtongrange is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Known in local dialect as Nitten, or Nitten by the Bing, it became Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s, with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery and a shaft over 1600 feet deep.
Hopefield
Suburb
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopefield is an area in the south of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, occupied by a mid-20th century residential neighbourhood and by an early-21st century, ongoing housing development, built on land dating back to 17th century Polton South Mains Farm.
Bonnyrigg
Town
Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bonnyrigg is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, eight miles southeast of Edinburgh city centre, between the Rivers North and South Esk. The town had a population of 14,663 in the 2001 census, rising to 15,677 in the 2011 census, both figures being based on the…
Dalhousie Castle
- Category: castle
- Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86073° or 55° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.08261° or 3° 4′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7RVW68+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 192148776OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2969112
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Dalhousie Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dalhousie gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Dalhousie Castle”
- Finnish: “Dalhousie”
- Finnish: “Dalhousien linna”
- French: “château de Dalhousie”
- French: “Château de Dalhousie”
- German: “Dalhousie Castle”
- Italian: “Dalhousie Castle”
- Japanese: “ダルハウジー城”
- Persian: “دالهوسی (دژ)”
- Persian: “قصر دالهوسی”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Dalhousie”
- Scots: “Dawhoosie Castle”
- Turkish: “Dalhousie Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Cockpen Church and Lasswade Archery Club.
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