Tantallon Castle

This famous stronghold of the Douglases occupies a magnificent situation on the rocky coast of the Firth of Forth. Its historical renown is overmatched by the romantic glamour shed upon it through the part it plays in Scott's Marmion. The great frontal curtain wall, flanked by round towers and having an imposing central gatehouse, dates from the fourteenth century, and is one of the grandest things of its kind in Scotland. Outside the castle are extensive earthworks, some of which represent the defences thrown up against the cannon of James V in 1526; while others, still further out, date from the Civil War. Located on the coast about three miles east of North Berwick.