Bavelaw Castle

Bavelaw Castle

Bavelaw Castle is a historic house in the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland. It is north of Hare Hill in the Pentland Hills, four miles west of Penicuik, and two miles south of Balerno, above Threipmuir Reservoir.

The house was built around a 16th century L-plan tower house. Mary Queen of Scots and James VI both stayed at Bavelaw.

External links

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst11797.html Gazetteer for Scotland entry on Bavelaw Castle]
* [http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/building_full.php?id=M010446 Dictionary of Scottish Architects entry for Bavelaw Castle, and RCAHMS archive material]

ee also

*List of castles in Scotland


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