Hawthornden
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Hawthornden | |
Midlothian | |
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Hawthornden Castle | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | NT292635 |
Location: | 55°51’34"N, 3°7’55"W |
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Postcode: | EH24 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Midlothian |
Hawthornden is a hamlet in Midlothian, immediately northeast of the edge of Rosewell village, and to the south of Bonnyrigg.
The North Esk river flows to the west of the hamlet in a wooded dene, from which apparently the hamlet is named, and by the river stands Hawthornden Castle; the remains of a fallen fortress and a sixteenth century mansion built upon it.
The castle is at the foot of Roslin Glen. Wallace’s Cave is found just south of the castle.