List of castles in Midlothian facts for kids

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This is a list of castles in Midlothian.

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Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Borthwick Castle	Tower house	1430	Occupied	Private	Gorebridge	In use as a hotel
Crichton Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Gorebridge	Open to the public
Cousland Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Private	Cousland	Ruins of a tower house and later walled garden
Dalhousie Castle	Historic house	16th century	Occupied	Private	Bonnyrigg	Incorporates remains of 13th-century tower, now used as a hotel
Dalkeith Palace	Historic house	18th century	Occupied	Duke of Buccleuch	Dalkeith	Incorporates remains of 12th-century castle Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public
Hawthornden Castle	Tower house	17th century	Occupied	Private	Lasswade	Incorporates ruined 15th-century keep Now used as a writers' retreat
Melville Castle	Castellated mansion	18th century	Restored	Private	Lasswade	Built on site of earlier castle Now in use as a hotel
Newbattle Abbey	Fortified house	17th century	Altered	Newbattle Abbey College	Dalkeith	Part of a former Cistercian Abbey, now a college
Roslin Castle	Keep & ranges	14th century	Keep is a ruin, later ranges occupied	Earl of Rosslyn	Roslin	Ranges date from 15th-16th century Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks.

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