https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/files/original/8e3781032be40c1143f1aeb6337e1df3.jpg 82720877c6dfe2a4c5d76db418e14065 Tour Address Dirleton Ave, Dirleton, North Berwick EH39 5ER, UK Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource The castle’s construction began in 1240 but was damaged in the Wars of Scottish Independence. The castle guarded the approach along the coast to Edinburgh from the south. It changed hands multiple times throughout its history, and was damaged again in a siege by Oliver Cromwell, in 1923 the grounds and ruins were given to state care and they are now maintained by Historic Scotland. The current site is made up of 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th century ruins as well as a 20th century garden layout. The tour consists of a number of navigable 360º photographs that take the viewer around the ruins of the castle. Accessibility note: The ground around the castle is uneven and there is stepped access into the ruins themselves. Title A name given to the resource Dirleton Castle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived virtualtours Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3646 Type The nature or genre of the resource Tour Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.0459137,-2.7781495; Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://www.scotland360.co.uk/Virtual_Tours/Dirleton_Castle/vtour/Dirleton_Castle.html