Newbyres Castle

Newbyres Castle was a 16th-century tower house, in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, west of the main street.

[1] The tower occupied a roughly triangular position, which was naturally defended by deeply worn water-courses.

[3] By the early 20th century Newbyres was in an unsound, ruinous condition, and the local council demolished it in 1963 for reasons of 'public safety'.

In the early 20th century the walls of the main block facing west and north were complete to the wall-head, the rest being fragmentary.

The North East corner of the tower, standing to about 4.0 metres (13.1 ft), and a mound of overgrown rubble nearby are all that remain of Newbyres Castle.