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Abercorn Castle
Abercorn Castle was a 12th-century castle near Abercorn in West Lothian, Scotland.
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Abercorn
Abercorn (Gaelic: Obar Chùirnidh, Old English: Æbbercurnig) is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around 5 km (3.1 mi) west of South Queensferry. The parish had a population of 458 at the 2011 Census.
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Hopetoun House
Hopetoun House is a stately home near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to preserve the furniture, paintings, manuscripts, and other articles of historical interest associated with the house. The south wing of the house is occupied by the family of Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow. The house is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Midhope Castle
Midhope Castle is a late 16th-century tower house in Scotland. It is situated in the hamlet of Abercorn on the Hopetoun estate, About 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west of South Queensferry, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. It is a Category A listed building.
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Staneyhill Tower
Staneyhill Tower is a 17th-century tower house in West Lothian, Scotland. The tower is located to the southeast of Hopetoun House. It is a scheduled monument of national importance being the "remains of a 17th-century L-plan tower house which incorporates a particularly fine and unusual hexagonal tower". The building is said to provide important information about 17th-century domestic architecture. It is also said to be evidence of 17th-century court life in Scotland.