Castle Dirleton located in the village of Dirleton that three miles West of North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. The most ancient buildings of the castle date back to the XIII century, and by the end of the XVII century, it was abandoned.

The construction of the castle began in 1240 by John de Vaux. During the war for the independence of Scotland in the early fourteenth century, the castle was twice captured by the British and was seriously injured. The reconstruction of the castle took up a collection Haliburton, and in the XVI century the castle was bought by Lord Ruthven. For many years the castle Dirleton served as the residence of a clan of Ratenov, but, as Rummeny opposed Scottish monarchy in 1600 the king of Scotland James VI (later king of England James I) as punishment, confiscated the castle. During the English revolution in the castle Dirleton was hiding a gang of looters, and so Oliver Cromwell had to take the castle under siege. After that, the castle finally came into disrepair, and was abandoned by their owners Nabetani, descendants of Lord Dirleton. Family Nabatov only cared about the famous gardens of the castle. In 1923 the ruins and gardens of the castle Dirleton were given to the care of the state.

Castle Dirleton stands on a rock, and it is spread around the farmland belonging to the barons of Dirleton. Castle guarded the route from England to Edinburgh, passing through the port of North Berwick. The ruins include the donjon of the XIII century and the house adjoining Routename close in the XVI century. It lived lady Dorothea and her 15 children. The facade of the house is much more elegant than the appearance of other buildings of the castle. From the annexes XIV and XV centuries, added a family of Haliburton, only the base remained, however, among these extensions it is possible to allocate a huge hall and a residential tower, located on the East side. Not found traces of other buildings in the courtyard, in addition to pigeon XVI century. The castle is surrounded by gardens, broken in the sixteenth century, but the surviving plants are planted mostly in the twentieth century.