Elphinstone Tower (East Lothian)

Elphinstone Tower is a ruined 13th–15th century keep, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland,[1] and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the village of Elphinstone, East Lothian.

[2] Soon after Sir Alexander Elphinstone was killed in 1435 it seems that the property passed to the Johnstones by marriage.

This was the place where the Protestant reformer George Wishart was brought from Ormiston to be handed over to Cardinal Beaton; he from thence taken to St Andrews for trial and execution by burning.

Because of subsidence from coal workings, much of the tower was demolished in 1955, and there has been further loss since then.

The first floor comprised the hall and the original kitchen, screened by a partition.