Dalkeith
Dalkeith is a Town in the county of Midlothian.
Dalkeith postcode: EH22 1HZ
There are great places to visit near Dalkeith.
Dalkeith History
There are some historic monuments around Dalkeith:
- Cockpen,old parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1186
- Elphinstone Tower,towerhouse Secular: tower SM6318
- Preston Tower and Dovecot Secular: tower SM774
- Newbyres Castle Secular: castle SM5652
- Dalkeith,choir of Collegiate Kirk of St Nicholas,parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1188
- Chalkieside Quarry, enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6213
- Inveresk,Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: civil settlement SM3285
- Turniedykes,enclosure 150m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6272
- Castlesteads Park,ring ditches Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM5707
- Brunstane,enclosure 250m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4112
- Newbattle Abbey, abbey church, cloisters and associated buildings Ecclesiastical: abbey SM1190
- Westpans,potteries Industrial: pottery SM5116
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6265
- Elphinstone Tower,enclosure and ring ditch 600m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5685
- Newton,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5729
- Smeaton Bridge,pit alignment 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5672
- Craigmillar Castle,castle and gardens Industrial: mines, quarries; Secular: castle SM90129
- Inveresk,Roman civil settlement W of Inveresk Gate Roman: civil settlement SM3293
- Eskgrove, Roman civil settlement 40 m N of Roman: altar SM3267
- Fordel Mains,fort 350m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6268
- Pardivan,enclosure 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6269
- Crichton Castle Secular: castle SM13585
- Pinkiehill,field system 300m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM3611
- St Triduana's Aisle,chapel and wellhouse Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90133
- Capielaw, enclosed settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6266
- Easter Cowden, enclosure 200m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6210
- Lawfield,enclosure 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6339
- Hardengreen,enclosure 300m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6335
- Fuffet Wood,enclosure and cropmarks 100m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6267
- Custom House,hydraulic crane & cabin S of,Albert Dock,Leith Industrial: dock, harbour, lock SM3528
- Midfield House,settlement 200m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6239
- Catherine Lodge, Roman settlement & field system 205m NNW to 585m SE of Roman: civil settlement SM3612
- Newton,pit alignment 600m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5705
- Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke Secular: tower SM1187
- Melville Grange,homestead and pit alignments 600m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4592
- Niddrie, standing stone 65m SSE of 160 Greendykes Road Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM13589
- Temple, Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church SM1191
- Monktonhall Junction,Roman camps and prehistoric settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Roman: camp SM3610
- Newton Church,church,enclosures and field system Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: enclosure SM5441
- Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art; Secular: cave SM6825
- Elginhaugh,Roman fort,annexe and bathhouse 200m NE of Roman: annexe SM5684
- Mountmarle,cairn 260m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1159
- Elginhaugh,Roman camp,native fort and palisaded enclosure 600m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Roman: camp SM6202
- Newton,pit alignment 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5704
- Loquhariot,fort 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6260
- Chalkieside, enclosure 600m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6211
- Holyrood Park Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces; Secular: Royal Park SM13032
- Camp Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1164
- Rectilinear enclosure 80m SW of Kilronan Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6203
- Stonefieldhill Farm,henge 500m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM6258
- Play Hill, settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6231
- Carrington Barns,enclosure 500m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6259
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6264
- Liberton, standing stone, E end of Ravenswood Avenue Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1156
- South Lodge, enclosure 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM10373
- Highwood House,enclosure 800m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6257
- Brunstane, moated site 50m NNE of Secular: homestead moat SM10580
- Queen Mary's Mount,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6204
- West Mains,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4004
- Leith Links, artillery mounds Secular: artillery mount SM1195
- Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6263
- Monktonhall Junction, Neolithic cursus 150m N of Whitecraig Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM13318
- Inveresk House,Roman civil settlement,Inveresk Roman: civil settlement SM1182
- Newton,pit alignment 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5706
- Lawfield Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6338
- Birsley Brae,medieval coal mine Industrial: coal SM3352
- Home Farm,enclosure 300m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6038
- Castle Steads,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5708
- Chalkieside, enclosure 400m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6212
- Whitebog Farm, enclosure 450m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6230
- Eastfield,enclosures and pit alignments,Old Craighall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6020
- St Mary's Chapel,chapel 250m ENE of Mount Lothian Ecclesiastical: chapel SM6333
- Gowkshill,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6336
- Lasswade old parish church Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM5673
- Preston,market cross Crosses and carved stones: market cross SM90242
- Easter Cowden, enclosures Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6209
- Gowkshill,enclosure 300m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6337
- Chalkieside,enclosure 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6205
- Rosslyn Castle, Roslin Secular: garden SM1208
- Rosslyn Chapel, burial ground, buried remains of nave and remains of St Matthew Ecclesiastical: church SM6458
- Portobello,Harbour Road,pottery kilns Industrial: pottery SM3317
History of Dalkeith
In 1650, Oliver Cromwell’s army came to Dalkeith. His officer General George Monck, was Commander in Scotland, and the government of the country was based out of Dalkeith castle.
