Roslin Castle

Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of in , . It is located around 9 mi south of , on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Rosslyn Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin, Penicuik Road, Roslin Parish Church.

Church
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, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of in , Scotland. is situated 1,000 feet north of Roslin Castle.

Church
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is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Roslin Castle.

Cave
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Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in beside the River North Esk. It is also known as Cave, after the nearby castle. is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Roslin Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roslin and Rosewell.

Village
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Penicuik is a town in 10 miles south of . 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.

Village
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is a former mining village in , Scotland, east of and south-west of . The village is in the civil parish of and was previously a separate ecclesiastical parish, but has its own Community Council, namely and District.

Village
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is a small village in Glencorse near , , 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.

Roslin Castle

Latitude
55.8526° or 55° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.16002° or 3° 9′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C7RVR3Q+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 344505637
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1761393
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Roslin Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Roslin gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Roslin”
  • Chinese: “罗斯林城堡”
  • Chinese: “羅斯林城堡”
  • Dutch: “Roslin Castle”
  • Finnish: “Roslinin linna”
  • French: “château de Roslin”
  • French: “Château de Roslin”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Roslin”
  • German: “Roslin Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Roslin”
  • Persian: “روزلین (دژ)”
  • Persian: “روزلین”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Roslin”
  • Sicilian: “Castello di Roslin”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Roslin”
  • Turkish: “Roslin Kalesi”

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