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Tantallon Castle

Near North Berwick, East Lothian

A great red wall on the cliffs, pounded by Cromwell's guns.

Tantallon was the stronghold of the powerful Douglas family, built in the 1300s with one massive wall across a cliff-top headland. It survived sieges by James IV and James V.

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When
Battered 1651
Where
56.0560, -2.6510
Group
Castles & abbeys

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