Red Friars Dovecot

Red Friars Dovecot is a ruins in East Lothian, Scotland. Red Friars Dovecot is situated nearby to Dunbar Police Station, as well as near the public building Castellau House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John Muir’s Birthplace and Dunbar railway station.

John Muir’s Birthplace

Museum

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

John Muir's Birthplace, in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, is a museum run by East Lothian Council Museums Service as a centre for study and interpretation of the work of the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir. John Muir’s Birthplace is situated 590 feet northeast of Red Friars Dovecot.

Dunbar railway station

Railway station

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunbar railway station serves the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. It is 29 miles 5 chains from Edinburgh Waverley and 364.1 miles from London King's Cross. Dunbar railway station is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Red Friars Dovecot.

Dunbar Collegiate Church

Church

Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunbar Collegiate Church is renowned as having been the first collegiate church, in 1342, to have been established in the Lothians. The church was situated on the same site as the present-day parish church, on Queen's Road just south of Dunbar town centre. Dunbar Collegiate Church is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Red Friars Dovecot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunbar and Belhaven.

Dunbar

Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dunbar is a harbour town in East Lothian, on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.

Belhaven

Suburb

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belhaven is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, and was originally the ancient port of Dunbar of which town the village has always been a part. Belhaven takes its name from its situation at the mouth of the Biel Water.

Broxburn

Hamlet

Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broxburn is a hamlet consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn.

Red Friars Dovecot

Type: Ruins
Categories: building and historic site
Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.00144° or 56° 0′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.51806° or 2° 31′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C8V2F2J+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 205997505

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Castellau House and Dunbar Police Station.

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