Near Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland GB grid reference NY495960
Hermitage Castle
Type
First phase: motte and bailey Second phase: tower house/keep with barmkin
Site information
Owner
Historic Scotland
Open to the public
Yes
Condition
Partially ruined
Site history
Built
First phase: c.1240 Second phase: mid 14th century
Built by
First phase: Nicholas de Soulis Second phase: William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas
In use
Until 1603
Materials
First phase: timber Second phase: stone
Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in Roxburghshire. It is under the care of Historic Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both from its history and its appearance, as one of the most sinister and atmospheric castles in Scotland.
HermitageCastle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in...
Look up hermitage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hermitage, The Hermitage or L'Hermitage may refer to: Hermitage (religious retreat), a place of...
The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of...
master's dwelling, HermitageCastle. Ultimately, William was (according to legend) taken to the Ninestane Rig, a stone circle near the castle, then wrapped...
Coquet in Northumberland, England, close to Warkworth Castle and the village of Warkworth. The hermitage consists of an outer portion built of stone and an...
life and his lands of Liddesdale along with the great fortress of HermitageCastle were made over to Bruce's illegitimate son, Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale...
Soulis. A notorious Lord Soulis is linked with the evil redcaps at HermitageCastle in the Borders. He could only be bound by a three-stranded rope of...
formed an irregular 'X-plan' shape, an unusual layout also seen at HermitageCastle. Only the north-east corner tower survives to its former height, as...
imprisoned and killed by the anti-Bruce conspirator William de Soulis at HermitageCastle. Gilbert Armstrong, served as steward of the household of David II...
the valley, however, is HermitageCastle, a massive H-shaped fortress of enormous strength, one of the oldest surviving castles in Scotland. It stands...
Bothwell Castle for long, however, exchanging it with Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, known as "Bell-the-Cat", in return for HermitageCastle in Liddesdale...
Water. It is within the county of Roxburghshire. It is the site of HermitageCastle. Newcastleton is 10 miles (16 km) east of Langholm, 17 miles (27 km)...
known as the "drowning pool" today. There is a large burial mound near HermitageCastle said to be the final resting place of the Cout. Tom Hubbard (1 January...
captured Alexander Ramsay with a strong force of men, imprisoning him in HermitageCastle, where he was starved to death. Alexander's brother, William Ramsay...
hamlets of Dinley and Gorrenberry, and through the village of Hermitage, and past HermitageCastle. It continues past Toftholm where it meets the B6399, and...
Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. Places nearby include Hermitage, HermitageCastle, the Hermitage Water, Newcastleton, Newlands, Old Castleton, Riccarton...
Trust for Scotland Hawkshaw – ancestral home of the Porteous family HermitageCastle – Historic Scotland Jedburgh Abbey – Historic Scotland Kailzie Gardens...
connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge. On top of the island stands a hermitage (named Gaztelugatxeko Doniene in Basque; San Juan de Gaztelugatxe in Spanish)...
Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to HermitageCastle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late...
Deloraine Burn joins the Ettrick Water, between Ettrick and Ettrickbridge; HermitageCastle is north of Newcastleton; and Goldielands is a peel tower near where...