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Drochil Castle is a
ruined castle in the
Scottish Borders. It is
located above the Lyne Water, 10
kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Peebles, and 8 kilometres...
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Chancellor of Scotland, John Maitland, in 1587.
James Douglas started building Drochil Castle for his own use in 1578,
three years before his death. It was no...
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There are a
number of iron age
forts on the
hills nearby, and the
historic Drochil Castle is a
short distance away. List of
places in the
Scottish Borders...
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Scottish Borders Cranshaws Tower Occupied Cavers Castle Tower 1200 Ruin
Drochil Castle Ruin NT1619943506
Dryhope Tower Ruin NT2673524732 Duns
Castle Occupied...
- past the
villages of
Dolphinton and
Blyth Bridge before converging at
Drochil Castle with the Lyne Water, a
tributary of the Tweed. List of
rivers of...
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houses including Dalkeith Palace,
Aberdour Castle,
Auchterhouse and
Drochil Castle. In May 1590 he
hosted the
Danish Admiral Peder Munk at the Newhouse...
- from him.
Morton was to ask his
tenants at
Linton to
carry the wool from
Drochil to Edinburgh. When
Morton was
about to be
executed on 2 June 1581, he was...
- Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton,
Regent of Scotland, to work on his
castle of
Drochil,
seven miles distant down the Lyne valley. The
appointment of a schoolmaster...
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Castle Hume Late 12th- or
early 13th-century
castle of
enceinte SM387
Drochil Castle Newlands Large unfinished ruined castle SM1495
Northshield Rings...
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pilasters and strapwork, in a
similar style to
windows at
Edinburgh Castle and
Drochil Castle, in the Borders, both of
which were
built under Morton's Regency...
