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Continue reading →: Horsburgh Castle: a 16th century border ruinHorsburgh Castle (also known as Horsburgh Tower) sits on top of a hill roughly two miles (3.2 km) east of Peebles, overlooking the gentle sweep of the River Tweed. From this vantage point, the 16th-century tower would have dominated the…
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Continue reading →: Whitslaid Tower: Insights into Border life and historyWhitslaid Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house (Peel Tower). It sits on a strategic site high above the eastern bank of the Leader Water, approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of Lauder in the Scottish Borders. This ancient Berwickshire…
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Continue reading →: Explore Neidpath Castle: A Journey Through Scottish HistoryNeidpath Castle is an impressive medieval L-plan tower house, dramatically positioned on a cliff overlooking the River Tweed, about a mile (1.6 km) west of Peebles. It has witnessed some 800 years of Scottish history, having hosted royalty, withstood sieges,…
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Continue reading →: Rhymer’s Tower: Where Scottish Folklore meets HistoryRhymer’s Tower is the ruin of a 16th-century Border peel tower situated in the village of Earlston. It is tucked behind the aptly named Rhymer’s Tower Café, next to a petrol station on the A68. Not much remains today, but…
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Continue reading →: Unveiling the Ruins of Cardrona TowerCardrona Tower sits in a small clearing among the dense trees of Cardona Forest, high above the River Tweed. Built in the late 1500s by the Govan lairds, this modest L-plan tower house once formed part of an early-warning chain…
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