Photos from 'Life and Death in Dirleton Parish'

When I visited Dirleton (pronounced like 'girl'), I did not see the farm behind the castle ruins because we were on the road on the other side of the castle and probably looking at a more scenic view toward the coast.  It was a splendid day and the view from the ruins was terrific.  East Lothian is apparently the sunny part of Scotland and we were lucky to have several good days.  We stayed in North Berwick, on the coast, and took a local bus to Dirleton.  North Berwick is 30 minutes from Edinburgh by train.

Perhaps, some of our relatives.  Date unknown.

     50 years after the Forsyths left, but probably typical of farming methods when they were therer.

                                        Typical farm cottages given to hired agricultural labourers.