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31: 48: 78: 85: 55: 599:, vexed by a taunt against his countrymen, thrust a red-hot iron into a powder barrel, and himself was killed, with the Earl, his half-brother, Richard, and many others. A pamphlet with a verse account of the explosion and a list of casualties was published by the author and poet 243: 515:, and was fortified and garrisoned by the English. A new artillery fortification was built overlooking the old castle of the Home family. In January 1549 the French landed two boat loads of ladders at Dunbar, intending to assault the fort. 630:
set off from Dunglass Burn in a boat heading east along the coast looking for evidence to support Hutton's theory that rock formations were laid down in an unending cycle over immense periods of time. They found examples of
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The Hall family occupied Dunglass for 232 years from 1687. Francis James Usher bought the Estate from Sir John Richard Hall, 9th Bart in 1919, and the estate remains in the Usher family. The
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Dunglass Castle was built by the Pepdies of Dunglass in the 14th century. On the marriage of Nicola Pepdie to Sir Thomas Home of Home, the castle and lands passed to the
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stayed in December 1496, and played cards. He gave a tip to masons working on the building and enjoyed a banquet including spices bought from Edinburgh.
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as well as the London-Edinburgh railway cross the gorge of the Dunglass Burn. The burn forms the boundary between the shires of East Lothian and
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In October 1595 Christian Douglas, Lady Home moved her best household goods from Dunglass to Fife, sparking rumours of a marital separation.
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sketched by Sir James Hall. As Playfair later recalled, "The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time".
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continues to hold the title "Lord of Dunglass", despite the fact his family have not held Dunglass for several centuries.
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The English soldiers were entertained by two Irish minstrels on 9 July 1549. On 31 January 1550 English soldiers raided
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scoured in a bag of bran and had his pistol mended. He bought white fabric in the camp at Dunglass to modify his
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at Dunglass Castle on 13 March 1596, for his "sports". He alarmed the English garrison by coming to hunt near
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The fort at Dunglass was surrendered to the French in March 1550. In June, the remaining cannon were taken to
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The castle was rebuilt, in an enlarged and improved form, and gave accommodation on 5 April 1603 to
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A briefe and summarie discourse upon that lamentable and dreadfull disaster at Dunglasse. Anno 1640
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The castle was destroyed again on 30 August 1640 when held by a party of Covenanters under
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gave orders for cannon to be shipped to re-take the fort on 11 April 1550. The
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Dunglass is a small settlement about 1 km (0.5 mi) north-west of
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was at Dunglass in May 1550 and took the opportunity to have his
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The Home family were forfeited in 1516, and the castle passed to
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and the villagers in the area were summoned to slight the fort.
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Other settlements nearby include 13: 672: 14: 961: 935: 613: 549:Earls of Home and the Hall family 853:, vol. 1 (London, 1754), p. 454. 762:, vol. 4 (London, 1905), p. 354. 715:The Pictorial History of England 595:. An English page, according to 582:Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home 489:Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus 402:. Dunglass is the birthplace of 84: 83: 76: 54: 53: 46: 29: 912: 894: 881: 869: 856: 836: 824: 811: 498: 793: 781: 765: 753: 740: 704: 691: 666: 649:List of places in East Lothian 513:George Douglas of Pittendreich 382:, Scotland, lying east of the 1: 659: 538:for the hot weather in July. 472:Dunglass Castle, East Lothian 807:(Edinburgh, 1833), pp. 49-50 493:Earl Henry of Northumberland 425: 390:coast, within the parish of 18:Human settlement in Scotland 7: 677:. Edinburgh: Birlinn, Ltd. 642: 406:, an 18th-century Scottish 114:OS grid reference 10: 966: 593:Thomas, Earl of Haddington 469: 466:Dunglass Castle and estate 819:Accounts of the Treasurer 776:Accounts of the Treasurer 699:Accounts of the Treasurer 318: 300: 282: 278: 266: 254: 242: 238: 228: 216: 206: 196: 182: 164: 146: 128: 112: 40: 28: 23: 950:Villages in East Lothian 557:stayed with her husband 394:. 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Dunglass is located in East Lothian
Dunglass is located in Scotland
Scotland
OS grid reference
NT765721
Civil parish
Oldhamstocks
Council area
East Lothian Council
Lieutenancy area
East Lothian
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TD13
Dialling code
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
East Lothian
Scottish Parliament
East Lothian
UK

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