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Yellowcraig Beach

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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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