Dirleton

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Dirleton is a village in East Lothian, Scotland approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh on the A198. Dirleton is notable for Dirleton Castle, a well-preserved medieval fortress. Other visitor attractions include the Dirleton Gallery, Archerfield Links recently built with two 18 hole golf courses and hotel. Dirleton is a beautiful, quaint village surrounded by a heart stopping landscape. The south side of Dirleton is overwatched by the Lammermuir Hills and to the north the Firth of Forth. All year round Dirleton is lovely and very quiet.

Dirleton lies between North Berwick (east), Gullane (west), Fenton Barns (south) and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve, Archerfield Estate and the Firth of Forth (north).

Dirleton is one of the oldest Barony in Scotland, the ruined castle was the old sit of the Barony. The Dirleton Castle was built in the middle of the twelfth century by a branch of the Anglo-Norman family of De Vaux, a family with its origins in Rouen, Normandy, which had settled in Dirleton during the reign of King Malcolm IV (1153-1165). The barony were late control by the Halyburtons, who were late succeed by the Kellie and Douglas, then 1631, James Maxwell acquired the barony, the Maxwell sold Dirleton to Sir Robert Fletcher in 1658 and he sold it to Sir John Nisbet in 1663. It was during the reign of the Maxwells that Dirleton Castle was besieged and severely damaged by the Cromwellian Army in 1651.

The Nisbet held the Barony until the late 20the century when it were resettled to Patrick Hannigan of Savaldor, Barzil who late bequested the Barony to the present Baron of Dirleton, Camilo Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton he was late recognized by re-erected charter on behalf of the Crown by Registers of Scotland on April 22, 2002, The heir to the Barony of Dirleton is Yaalit Naome Maria Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton,ygr of Dirleton. The land of the Barony comprising the Caput of the barony are today only a little over 40 acres, including the Island of Lamb, North and South Dogs in the east coast of Scotland.

East Lothian Towns & Villages
Aberlady | Athelstaneford | Auldhame & Scoughall | Bolton | Cockenzie and Port Seton | Dirleton | Drem | Dunbar | East Linton | East Saltoun and West Saltoun | Gifford | Gullane | Haddington | Humbie | Kingston | Longniddry | Macmerry | Musselburgh | North Berwick | Oldhamstocks | Ormiston | Pencaitland | Prestonpans | Tranent | Whitekirk | Wallyford