Etal Castle, Etal, Northumberland
Etal Castle, Etal, Northumberland Etal Castle stands about four miles below the Border on the river Till, a tributary of the Tweed. The castle is deserted and ruinous as it has been since James IV…
Elsdon Tower or Pele, Elsdon, Northumberland
Elsdon Tower or Pele, Elsdon, Northumberland Three miles east of Otterburn, the old grey pele-tower at Elsdon stands on the high bank of the Elsdon Burn and dominates the dwellings that fringe the village green.…
Vicar’s Pele, Corbridge, Northumberland
The Vicar's Pele at Corbridge, Northumberland The Vicar's Pele stands well preserved, repaired and re-roofed within the churchyard in Corbridge. It was first built in the early 14th century and we know that in 1415…
Cocklaw Tower, North Tyne Valley, Chollerton, Northumberland
Cocklaw Tower, North Tyne Valley, Chollerton, Northumberland The substantial remains of Cocklaw Tower stand in the valley of the North Tyne about a mile below Chollerton. The ruined tower stands in isolation in a farmyard…
Akeld Bastle House, Wooler, Northumberland
Akeld Bastle House Akeld Bastle stands two miles west of Wooler in Northumberland, on the edge of the Cheviots. It was described as a “Lytle fortelett castle-house without a barmekyn” by Sir Robert Bowes in…
Woodhouse Tower, Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire
The ruins of Woodhouse Tower, Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire The ruins of Woodhouse Tower are situated on the opposite bank of the Kirtle Water to neighbouring Robgill and Bonshaw Towers. Only the north wall remains standing to…
Tarras Moss
The wilderness of Tarras Moss in Liddesdale, Dumfriesshire To the west of Liddesdale, above the Debateable land is Tarras Moss, a wild and windswept expanse of desolate moorland. This was once a place of refuge…
Stapleton Tower, Annandale
Stapleton Tower, Annandale, Dumfriesshire view from the east This oblong 16th century tower stands three miles north-east of Annan. It consists of four storeys underneath a crenellated parapet, though this is a modern reconstruction probably…
Staplegordon, Johnnie Armstrong’s Tower-House
The Site of Johnnie Armstrong's Tower-House at Staplegordon, Eskdale, Dumfriesshire The village of Staplegordon about two miles above Langholm, in Eskdale, has long gone. Little more than the kirkyard and a few outbuildings remain now…
Scots Dike Aerial View
Aerial Photograph of Earthwork called Scots' Dike which marks the Scotland / England frontier in 16th century Cumberland and Dumfriesshire The only section of the Anglo-Scottish Border in the west that does not follow a…
Scots Dike, The Debateable Land
Scots' Dike earthwork marking Scotland / England frontier of 16th century Debateable Land The double ditch and embankment of the Scots' Dike are still identifiable in parts, though now little more than a low mound…
Repentance Tower, Annandale
The fortified watch-tower of Repentance Tower, Annandale, Hoddom, Dumfriesshire Repentance is not a tower in the true sense but rather a fortified watch-tower dating from the 16th century. It stands on the summit of Trailtrow…
Morton Rigg Kirkyard, Tower of Sark, Dumfriesshire
Morton Rigg Kirkyard, Tower of Sark, Dumfriesshire There are no remains of Morton Kirk but it probably stood to the east of its old walled Kirkyard that stands high above a loop in the River…
Lochwood Tower, Annandale, The Barmkin
Barmkin and outbuildings to the north of the ruined tower of Lochwood Tower, Annandale Dumfriesshire To the north of the ruined 15th century Lochwood Tower, which can just be glimpsed in this view, recent excavation…
