Preston Tower

castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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site, tower house, Preston Tower and Dovecot, United Kingdom

• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• CastlesFortsBattles article^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
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• Ecastles article^@
• Gatehouse Gazetteer entry^@

Location: 55.9557, -2.9781, ///crucially.project.star, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		CastlesFortsBattles article@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
link		Ecastles article@	article	Preston Tower	Ecastles
link		Gatehouse Gazetteer entry@		Preston Tower, Ellingham	Gatehouse Gazetteer
vessel	1953	HMY Britannia	tripadvisor		Wikidata
vessel	1955	SS Explorer	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith			Wikidata
fort		Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification			Wikidata
fort		Battery, Lamer Island, Dunbar Harbour			Wikidata
fort	1915	Braefoot Battery			Wikidata
fort		Braefoot Point Battery			Wikidata
fort		Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery			Wikidata
fort		Dalmeny Battery			Wikidata
fort	1914	Downing Point Battery			Wikidata
fort		Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches			Wikidata
fort		Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage			Wikidata
fort		Leith Links, artillery mounds			Wikidata
fort		Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels			Wikidata
museum	2017	Military Museum Scotland	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1975	National Museum of Flight	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		National War Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1810	Tally Toor			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh Town Wall			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh town walls			Wikidata
image	2016	Door, Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image		Jacobite broadside - Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2013	Mercat Cross, Preston			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Cross and Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2008	Prestonpans - The Mercat Cross - geograph.org.uk - 700918			Wikimedia
image	2008	PrestonTower02			Wikimedia
image	2008	PrestonTower03			Wikimedia
image	2008	PrestonTower1			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower 20100920			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower 20100920 upper storeys			Wikimedia
image	2018	Preston Tower (46065099362)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Preston Tower E			Wikimedia
image	2008	Preston tower E top			Wikimedia
image	2008	Preston Tower Gate			Wikimedia
image	2008	Preston Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031302			Wikimedia
image	2008	Preston Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031308			Wikimedia
image	2005	Preston Tower - geograph.org.uk - 33837			Wikimedia
image	2007	Preston Tower - geograph.org.uk - 975617			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2013	Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2015	Preston Tower			Wikimedia
image	2006	Preston Tower, Prestonpans - geograph.org.uk - 173148			Wikimedia
image	2010	Preston Tower windows			Wikimedia