Cairns Castle

ruined keep in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Tripadvisor page^@

Location: 55.8292, -3.4537, ///depending.curries.sedative, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Frameless

137 of 'The History and Antiquities of the parish of Mid-Calder, with some account of the religious house of Torphichen, founded upon record' (11130268933)

Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 106486

Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1763111

Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 750419

The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14595394960)

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		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
vessel	1953	HMY Britannia	tripadvisor		Wikidata
vessel	1955	SS Explorer	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1915	Braefoot Battery			Wikidata
fort		Braefoot Point Battery			Wikidata
fort		Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery			Wikidata
fort		Crombie anti-aircraft 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		National War Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1810	Tally Toor			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh Town Wall			Wikidata
walls		Edinburgh town walls			Wikidata
image	2013	137 of 'The History and Antiquities of the parish of Mid-Calder, with some account of the religious house of Torphichen, founded upon record' (11130268933)			Wikimedia
image	2006	Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 106486			Wikimedia
image	2010	Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1763111			Wikimedia
image	2008	Cairns Castle - geograph.org.uk - 750419			Wikimedia
image	1887	The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14595394960)			Wikimedia