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CAIRNS CASTLE (Ruins of) Cairns Castle
Cairns Castle
Old Castle
Cairns Castle
Robert Gray
John Kerr
Knox's Co. [County] Map
Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] 1845
016 [situation] About 40 chains East from Berry Knowe
The ruins of an ancient Castle on the farm of East Cairns It consists of a double tower & is in a good state of preservation

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Parish of Mid Calder

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33 - Cairns Castle

"Respecting the old Castle of Cairns which consists of a double tower report would induce us to believe that it was founded by Sir William Crichton Lord High Admiral of Scotland who had a possession in the parish of Cramond. This Castle is supposed to have been built about 1440 and Sir William is said to have been connected with the noble family of this parish. These reports however are destitute of any historical proof."
Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] of Edinburghshire 1845 Page 371

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