Hailes Castle

Ran along the river Tyne today. The lesser known Tyne than flows through Haddington and finishes at Tyninghame near Dunbar. I ran from Haddington to Hailes Castle and back. Unfortunately repair work was going on to repair the castle walls so I couldn't get a photo from the castle grounds. 

From Historic Environment Scotland:
Hailes Castle is hidden away in the pretty valley of the River Tyne. One of Scotland’s oldest stone castles, it dates from the early 1200s, with major extensions in the 1300s and 1400s.

It’s associated with the de Gourlay and the Hepburn noble families, and Mary Queen of Scots’ third husband James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell, may well have been born in the castle. He fled into exile after Mary’s capture in 1567. The castle’s days as a stronghold ended with Cromwell’s invasion in 1650.