Craigmillar Castle

New on the mapCastleEDINBURGH · 4 KM · 55.9257, -3.1406
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✓ CHECKEDWell-preserved medieval castle ruins linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

Extensive ruin of a medieval castle, built from the 14th century and abandoned in the 18th. Here was hatched the plot to murder Lord Darnley, the inconvenient husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He was blown up at Kirk O'Field (now the site of the university Old College) and when that didn't do the job he was smothered.

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