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Continue reading →: Exploring Bemersyde Tower: History and ArchitectureBemersyde Tower is one of the most important surviving peel-towers in the Scottish Borders: a defensive 16th-century tower that was later absorbed into the larger Bemersyde House. Located above the River Tweed near Melrose, sitting between the Leaderfoot viaduct and…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Old Thirlestane Tower: A Historical InsightThe ruin of Old Thirlestane Tower (or Castle as it is often called) is located about two miles (3.2 km) east of Lauder, and is visible from the A697 road in the Scottish Borders. It should not be confused with…
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Continue reading →: Bunkle Castle: Uncovering Scotland’s Medieval HeritageSadly, excepting the motte on which it stood, and a small section of the curtain wall, there is little left of Bunkle Castle. But in its day, Bunkle Castle was the seat of a barony that touched some of the…
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Continue reading →: Traquair House: Living History and Jacobite LegacyTraquair House, near Innerleithen, exudes history. Which isn’t surprising, given that it has been continuously occupied for some 900 years. It started life as a royal hunting lodge, later becoming a centre for administering justice, a fortified tower house, and…
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Continue reading →: Whiteside Tower: Insights into Scottish Border HistorySituated south of Gordon and just a short distance from Mellerstain House, only a few remnants of Whiteside Tower remain. Back in the mid-fifteenth century, King James II probably granted the lands of Whiteside and Mellerstain to Patrick Haliburton, son…
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