DIRLETON CASTLE | DISCOVER One of Scotland's OLDEST Surviving Strongholds | Walking Tour

Dirleton Castle, located in East Lothian, Scotland, has a storied history dating back to the 12th century. Originally constructed by the de Vaux family, it played a strategic role in Scotland's conflicts with England. In the 13th century, it passed into the hands of the Haliburton family, who expanded and improved the castle.
Dirleton Castle was known for its formidable defenses, including a deep pit prison. During the Wars of Independence, it changed hands between the Scots and English several times. It eventually fell into disrepair, and by the 17th century, it was abandoned as a residence.
Today, the castle stands as a well-preserved ruin, offering visitors a glimpse into medieval Scottish history and architecture.
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[@azariahisrael5632]

Thanks for video. Janet and Patrick Haliburton are my 15th and 16th great grandparents. I decend from them via the Dukes of Hamilton and Earls of Lumley. These are the ancestors of my 9th great grandmother Lady Frances Hamilton Lumley. Hard to wrap my mind around it sometimes. Great video.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Very cool! Awesome to hear your ancestry. We enjoyed Direlton, really nice, quiet and looked after!

[@SUPERGENKI]

So very enjoyable to watch, as with all your videos. such an impressive castle. Loved the drone shots! 🙂

[@WeGoPlacesTours]

This is a very exciting sight to explore. I like the Rocky foundation of the stunning castle ruins. Thank you for such a lovely tour! 👍😊🇨🇦

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

A very detailed and well presented history of the castle. A great vlog. Thanks for sharing.

[@ms.kayak7seas]

Hi Alessa, wow Scotland's oldest castle! The multi colors of brick dress the walls of the castle. They flatter my eyes. Indeed, thick and well constructed castle that the most of it is intact. wow, cellor..I was intimidated by the size of space, especially the height. Oh..yes, I feel it. PPL who were misjudged and lost their lives in this castle..they left their souls to be found through their stories. Alessa, Love it. Your tremendous energy to create this film is appreciated!! Thank YOU, alessa. xx

[@TravelingTramps]

We enjoyed the Castle tour and learning some of it's history. As usual, some of it violent. But, I think that could be said for anything that survived so long. We loved seeing the inside and imagining what it must have been like! Thanks for bringing us along, Brett and Alessa.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Ah thank you ever so much Dave & Kathy, so pleased you enjoyed it. We're loving visiting and experiencing the scottish castles, full of exciting and interesting history. Thank you again for aall your love and support x

[@ItsArtByDonna]

Just an amazing Castle and commentary....your drone view at the end was amazing....loved being at your premiere today! Big hugs!

[@Thorkenn]

Hello Alessa and Brits 👋. That’s really amazing Castle again. Thank you 🙏🏻 Alessa for the amazing story behind this Castle ❤️. 16:50 this is always complete my day. Beautiful and stunning 🤩 breathtaking views. Thank you guys. Have a nice day. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪.

[@mrtraveler7]

Exploring Dirleton Castle offers a captivating journey through Scotland's ancient history.be connected friend

[@christinegerard4974]

Extremely interesting because not absolutely ruined.Thank you very much from France .

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you so very much Christine. Dirleton is a super interesting ruin, I was so surprised how much you can still wander in. The cellars were wonderful! Thank you again! Glad you enjoyed! 🥰

[@ASimpleVideoSG]

Nice tour at this old ancient castle ruins must be really grand at their time

[@GENerationXplorers]

What another incredible sight guys so beautifully maintained! Exceptionally impressive to walk about! Shame some sections were closed due to maintainence but so much to explore! The prisons were interestingly cool! Just fabulous like the two of you! Have a great week ahead 👍❤️

[@dominikeswelt481]

Wow, what a great castle. If these stones could tell. Beautifully shown and explained. Greetings Dominike 😊

[@VagabondTurtle]

It is surviving for sure, this is in quite a good shape! It is a beautiful castle and I would have loved to see it in its glory times , but if nothing else, I got to enjoy now through your eyes and lens! I loved hearing your wonderful voice Alessa, the history behind the place is adventurous and interesting 😊

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Ahh, thank you ever so much for the kindest comments, you're too kind! We've really enjoyed visiting these incredible places and feel lucky enough to share them with people, Thank you so much for your time xxx

[@billyb5057]

nice to see the castle there *always a full view🖥Au👍leaving a big like😎have a great week ahead*

[@LEGOLIZED]

Super great video. Thanks for sharing this beautiful castle. The past is great to see in the present. Always enjoying your video's. Thank you for that. Have a great week

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you our friend! x

[@StarrysLostandFound]

Amazing remains of the castle. Thank you for the wonderful tour and history,

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Our absolute pleasure! thank you so much for all the support!

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Sheesh - amazing history - ghostly and violent, and another great tour from you guys. We’re keeping your vids in mind when we finally get our van - so looking forward to visiting these type of places. Have a good week ahead Alessa and Brett.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

You're so kind! Glad you enjoyed it, we are LOVING visiting the borders, appreciate your comments always! x

[@openmindedwonderer]

What an amazing place, loved hearing all about it. Great video 😊

[@gallivantinggalantes]

Hi Alessa, what a stunning castle, loved the history and the ghostly tales and the electronic equipment not working 👻, the narration and the music and Brett the drone footage. Amazing, thank you for sharing x Julie and Tony x

[@DavesEpicPhoneShots]

I did thoroughly enjoy the tour of this great castle. So pleasing to see that quite a bit is still standing and in good shape. I hope there will be a return visit sometime in the future for a little look around of the parts closed off for restoration. The aerial shots were magnificent!

[@WalkWithMeInGermany3]

Content never fails to educate and entertain. Thank you!

[@eddydv58]

A great and beautiful presentation. Thanks.😁👍✌️🚶🏞️🤗💐🎼

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Traveler13]

Such a massive place and so spectacular, i loved it as usual👍

[@jacknaturetravel]

Hello. I liked your video very much. Great ruins and so much history there. Great drone shots. Well done.👌👍

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Ahh thank you so much Jack, you're so kind!

[@quazi.shahin]

This historic video is great👍 Keep uploading such nice videos👌

[@exploreyourdreamlife]

This is an epic tour. Thanks for sharing this awesome footage. Found ya on Reddit. Liked and subbed!

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Awesome, thank you so much, appreciate you! :D

[@larsfrosznielsen3536]

So impressive history and footage. You are doing a fantastic work🤩🙏🏼🌹🙏🏼

[@seb-depp]

Nicely presented. I don' t know why I never really liked this one. I guess I have to give it another try. Thanks for showing it.

[@WomanOutdoors]

A awesome castle tour! I love the history behind it so interesting👍🏼

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you so much LB! x

[@TheWrightLifeTravelChannel]

What a lovely place!

[@TravelHungryForLife]

So awesome to see this up close thanks for the detailed info All the best have a wonderful and safe weekend

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so very much!

[@domenicabianco]

54 - 👍Great video. The images are beautiful.

[@spitfirekev]

Excellently done guys. I totally enjoyed this episode. 👏👏👏👏

[@ScotlandFarAndNear]

It is truly mighty castel! Thanks for that pin on the map 😍😍. Shame about the fences - I'm trying to get used to them, but somehow I can't - they should at least make them to look like from the right epoch 😂😂.

[@johnnymac26]

Really enjoyed this one great work and history was great kindled a few lessons i remember from my school days

[@ervinslens]

Such a picturesque place and together with this music and your narration, I feel like I'm traveling through time!

[@AltayFamly]

I nearly did this a few weeks ago when staying at Yellowcraig, but it was too windy and a bit rainy

[@virtualscotland]

Incredible tour of a place I know well! Thank you! :-)

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Your welcome! Great little find!

[@GENerationXplorers]

Hi Alessa and Brett this looks fabulous, apologies in advance we will miss your premier as about to go out with family will be a late return but will catch up when home! 👍❤️

[@scuffle1345]

Your video is awesome and inspirational to so many people ❤️🙋🏽‍♀️👌👏👍🤝❤️ Your skill is worthy to the world and valuable to all the viewers ❤️🙋🏻‍♀️👌👏👏👏❤️👌👏🙋🏻‍♀️❤️🙋🏻‍♀️

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you so much for commenting and watching! 💗

[@coasttocoastcaravanning6138]

Beautiful video looks like a great place there 👍👍👍👍👍👍❣️

[@PinnedonPlaces]

It really is! Thank you so much for commenting and watching! 💗

[@robertthebruce-geniusofban647]

Visited many times to this gem.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Such a gorgeous site! Really did surprise me how compact but mighty Dirleton is! Going to revisit at some point hopefully!

[@angleseyisle]

A bit of scottish castle exploring, nice!

[@PinnedonPlaces]

We're loving the Scottish castles and abbeys, so much to see and explore!

[@WuWa-China]

Beaitiful, Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

[@TarakanVisionFX]

Mengunjungi Dirleton Castle, salah satu benteng tertua yang masih bertahan di Skotlandia. Tur jalan kaki yang mendalam dan penuh penemuan! 🏰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dinglehopper85]

It is always amazing to see, how much there are still left of the castle ruins, that you visit. Wow, still a lot to see, even when they are doing restoration on the castle.

[@adzey156]

Like 16 sorry I was late. Good Castle tour and view's 👍

[@hongheng9201]

Very nice video friends 👍👍👍👍 great

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you 🤗

[@adictosalacarretera]

Wow amazing and beautiful

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Thank you so much

[@seltsac]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@kayannvance3272]

Descended from de Vaux, Vance in USA

[@PinnedonPlaces]

That's brilliant and super interesting to hear, thank you KayAnn!

[@HikeForHappiness]

I really wonder... why would you order a castle partially destroyed. Seems kinda lazy for a noble. Still nice that these ruins remain. I guess giving it to someone else and rebuilding new towers would have been less desirable on a pile of rubble.

[@TheBrainBenders]

Deveaux line my favorite just like they were favorit to King David,,Just like Swamp fox Francis Marion favorited Steven G Devaux, Foix married King Louis son Cucci Chateu, Chasing Foix back I find a older Veaux,,,,,I always thought Swamp Fox Marions name connects with Veaux since he was one too,,,,,,Chief Vanns Cerokee goes back to this, and Andrew Deveaux ended up on Catislands where columbus landed and owned fortune hill san salvador then preceded up to redhook nt and created the first english style park aka bard college,, running around with astors and livingstons armstrongs ect wouldnt have matterd who won a veaux would have been there. reminds me of JD Vance aka Veaux possibly one day running against kennedy another line that connects with Veaux..JD USing his moms Vance name and talking smack about her is disturbing lol

[@PinnedonPlaces]

So very interesting to read! Thank you!!! :D

[@TheBrainBenders]

Teddy Roosvelt goes back to Peter Deveaux, search Smithsonian, peter Deveaux studied Middle Temple like other neat people,,,The famous Thomas paine received Fredrick Deveauxs land from Ben Franklin in New Rochelle,,,,,,,,,Andrew Deveaux after bahamas took Samuel ball and Daniel mcinis to oak island they were from same area and familys in SC Comingtee and Wambaw , Jas H Deveaux became the first african american Knights templar commander out of Savannah GA, I suspect some of Teddy Roosvelts allys Buffalo soldiers joined that lodge later on, and Jas H Deveauxs lodge takes care of Martin Luthers Kings house with upkeep. And later on made Martin Luther King a member after death. I could gop on for days sorry

[@TheBrainBenders]

I can just hear the Jazz being wittled out of Savanah lodge in the early days

[@TheBrainBenders]

Veaux family going back to Normandy where william the conqourer was born, If you look up St Clair DNA William the Conqouror Dna you will find Deveau has most likely to be. Veaux before that goes back to Beaux. veaux and Beaux were same...beaux france where Balthazar one of the 3 Magi settled and Beaux was his line.

[@gimbalair]

I nearly did this a few weeks ago when staying at Yellowcraig, but it was too windy and a bit rainy

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Oh really? We only managed to get the drone up for 2 minutes lol, it was also very windy! Thank you so much for commenting!