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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WHITTINGHAM CASTLE Whittingham Castle
Whittingham Castle
Whittingham Castle
Whittingham Castle
Charles Smith
Thomas Forbes
Estate Map
Full. [Fullarton's] Gazetteer of Scotland
011 [Situation] About 1¾ Miles N.N.E. [North North East] from Garvald.
An old Castle still in good repair and inhabited by the gamekeeper of the estate. It is situated on the N. [North] western bank of Whittingham water and is surrounded by woods &c. It was in this castle where the Earl of Morton and his associates plotted the murder of Darnley.

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Parish of Whittingham

Form 136 Page
62 Whittingham Castle

"Part of the Castle of Whittingham is still
in good repair, and is inhabited. It bears
evident marks of great antiquity."
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Of Hadd. [Haddington] Page 65

The date of erection
Can not be ascertained.

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