Hailes, a ruined baronial fortalice in Prestonkirk parish, Haddingtonshire, on the right bank of the Tyne, 4¼ miles ENE of Haddington. A stronghold of the notorious Earl of Bothwell, it was the first place whither he brought Queen Mary, after seizing her at Fountainbridge (24 April 1567); afterwards it came to the Dalrymples of Hailes; and in 1835 it was partially used as a granary.Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863.
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