East Lothian

Historic places grouped by the county or council area around their map point, using official boundaries from December 2025. A large site may cross an area boundary.

30official records

5heritage categories

1access notes checked

These places come from official heritage records. Some are open to visitors; others are private or have unconfirmed access. A record may describe a surviving building, part of a larger site or a place where little remains.

This collection includes other defences (18 records), wwii (6 records), rail heritage (2 records). The numbers show what is in this collection, not everything that once existed in the area.

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Underground

Newhailes Servants’ Tunnel

Near Edinburgh

Researched guide · October 2026

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WWII

Tyninghame, Links Wood

Near Haddington

East Lothian

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Newhailes Servants’ Tunnel

Tyninghame, Links Wood

Whitberry Point

Hedderwick Hill Plantation

Tranent, Well Wynd, Mine Shaft

Dunbar, Belhaven, St Margarets

Weaklaw Rocks, Fidra Battery

Bankton, Colliery

Musselburgh, Fisherrow

Port Seton

Longniddry

Kilspindie Golf Course

Longniddry, Bridge

Yellow Mires

East Linton, Railway Bridge

Musselburgh, Inveresk Road, Brunton (Musselburgh) Ltd Wire Rope Works Department

Gullane Sands, Jophies Neuk

Gullane Bay, Hummell Rocks

Gullane Bay, Maggie'S Loup

Gullane Bents

Scoughall

Musselburgh, Mall Avenue, David Macbeth Moir Memorial

Scoughall

Pefferside

Lochouses Links

Bathan'S Strand

Tyne Sands

Fir Links Wood

Hedderwick Hill Plantation, Young'S Knowe

Hedderwick Hill Plantation