Scottish Borders - Castles
This dramatically situated medieval fortress sits on a rocky promontory on the aptly named Fast Castle Head. We do not know when humans first began to use the headland, but it seems certain that there was a simple fortress here as early as the Iron Age.
Coldingham, Borders, Scotland
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Heritage Highlight: Margaret Tudor and Mary, Queen of Scots stayed here
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An L-plan tower house, built in 1581 by Sir James Seton of Touch, whose coat of arms and initials are over the door. Now roofless, but Greenknowe stands to its full height and is a good example of a typical Scottish tower house.
Gordon, Borders, Scotland
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Hermitage Castle is a vast 14th and 15th-century ruin associated with the Douglasses and Mary, Queen of Scots. Restored in the 19th century. Nearby is the 14th-century Hermitage Chapel.
Liddesdale, Borders, Scotland, TD9 0LU
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Hume Castle was built in the 13th century on a natural outcrop of rock overlooking the Merse. It was besieged and destroyed multiple times over the centuries. The present castle is a picturesque 18th-century folly built from the ruins of the original fortress.
Hume, Kelso, Borders, Scotland, TD5 7TR
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Neidpath is a 14th-century fortress in a beautiful location overlooking the River Tweed. The castle was converted to a tower house residence but retains many medieval features including a grim pit prison and a great hall.
A72, Peebles, Borders, Scotland, EH45 8NW
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