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Yellowcraig Beach is 24 miles east of
Edinburgh, 3 miles northwest of
North
Berwick.
Yellowcraig Beach is one of the top Beaches
in the southeast of Scotland.
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The image top is of the large Car Park for
the Beach with toilets and Kids Play area.
The second image is of the path to the
Beach, just under half of a mile Walk.
The Beach has good deep sand that runs for
miles.
The Island of Fidra is a short
distance off the Coast, now a Nature
Reserve.
1156 - a Chapel was built on the Island,
dedicated to St Nicholas.
1100s - the Island became part of the Barony
of Dirleton, granted to John de Vaux by King
David I.
1220 - the de Vaux family built Castle Tarbet
on the Island.
1220s - William de Vaux gifted Fidra to the
Monks of Dryburgh Abbey 42 miles south.
1200s - Dirleton Castle
was then built on the Mainland for the the de
Vaux family, about 1 mile south of Yellowcraig
Beach.
1600s? - Castle Tarbet and the Chapel were
in Ruin.
1600s - Dirleton Castle was abandoned.
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