Polton
Polton is a Village in the county of Midlothian.
Polton postcode: EH18 1EL
There are great places to visit near Polton.
Polton History
There are some historic monuments around Polton:
- Leith Links, artillery mounds Secular: artillery mount SM1195
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Drummond Street to Pleasance Secular: town wall SM3013
- Dalkeith,choir of Collegiate Kirk of St Nicholas,parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1188
- Lasswade old parish church Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM5673
- Caerketton Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4067
- Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6263
- Inveresk House,Roman civil settlement,Inveresk Roman: civil settlement SM1182
- Inveresk,Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: civil settlement SM3285
- Newton,pit alignment 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5704
- Castle Steads,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5708
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6265
- Gowkshill,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6336
- Whitebog Farm, enclosure 450m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6230
- Newton,pit alignment 600m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5705
- Caiy Stane,standing stone,Fairmilehead Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1155
- Brunstane,enclosure 250m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4112
- Eskgrove, Roman civil settlement 40 m N of Roman: altar SM3267
- Highwood House,enclosure 800m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6257
- Portobello,Harbour Road,pottery kilns Industrial: pottery SM3317
- Elginhaugh,Roman camp,native fort and palisaded enclosure 600m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Roman: camp SM6202
- Midfield House,settlement 200m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6239
- Newbyres Castle Secular: castle SM5652
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place Secular: town wall SM2901
- Stonefieldhill Farm,henge 500m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM6258
- Capielaw, enclosed settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6266
- Newbigging,enclosure 400m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6264
- Gowkshill,enclosure 300m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6337
- Old Woodhouselee Castle Secular: castle SM5607
- St Mary's Chapel,chapel 250m ENE of Mount Lothian Ecclesiastical: chapel SM6333
- Edinburgh Castle/Caisteal Dhùn Èideann 20th Century Military and Related: Artillery mount; Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: artillery mount SM90130
- Temple, Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church SM1191
- Elginhaugh,Roman fort,annexe and bathhouse 200m NE of Roman: annexe SM5684
- Penicuik,St Kentigern's Church & Clerk Mausoleum Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM2145
- Galachlaw,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3988
- Mountmarle,cairn 260m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1159
- Newton,pit alignment 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5706
- Rosslyn Chapel, burial ground, buried remains of nave and remains of St Matthew Ecclesiastical: church SM6458
- Home Farm,enclosure 300m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6038
- Holyrood Park Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces; Secular: Royal Park SM13032
- Caerketton Craigs,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4118
- Hanging Stanes,gallows bases,Braid Road Secular: gallows, gibbet SM5884
- Melville Grange,homestead and pit alignments 600m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4592
- Eastfield,enclosures and pit alignments,Old Craighall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6020
- Liberton, standing stone, E end of Ravenswood Avenue Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1156
- Niddrie, standing stone 65m SSE of 160 Greendykes Road Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM13589
- Rectilinear enclosure 80m SW of Kilronan Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6203
- Monktonhall Junction, Neolithic cursus 150m N of Whitecraig Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM13318
- Rosslyn Castle, Roslin Secular: garden SM1208
- Lawfield Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6338
- Craigmillar Castle,castle and gardens Industrial: mines, quarries; Secular: castle SM90129
- Monktonhall Junction,Roman camps and prehistoric settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Roman: camp SM3610
- Newton,pit alignment 150m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5729
- Holyrood Abbey, precinct and associated remains Ecclesiastical: abbey; Secular: palace SM13031
- St Triduana's Aisle,chapel and wellhouse Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90133
- Castlesteads Park,ring ditches Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM5707
- Newton Church,church,enclosures and field system Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: enclosure SM5441
- Catherine Lodge, Roman settlement & field system 205m NNW to 585m SE of Roman: civil settlement SM3612
- Brunstane, moated site 50m NNE of Secular: homestead moat SM10580
- Smeaton Bridge,pit alignment 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5672
- Carrington Barns,enclosure 500m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6259
- Blackford Hill, fort and settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5818
- Inveresk,Roman civil settlement W of Inveresk Gate Roman: civil settlement SM3293
- Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13607
- Pinkiehill,field system 300m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM3611
- Uttershill Castle Secular: castle SM5063
- Newbattle Abbey, abbey church, cloisters and associated buildings Ecclesiastical: abbey SM1190
- Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art; Secular: cave SM6825
- Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Johnston Terrace to Grassmarket Secular: town wall SM3012
- Hardengreen,enclosure 300m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6335
- Cockpen,old parish church Ecclesiastical: church SM1186
