Melrose Abbey is a magnificent ruin on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry. The Abbey is thought to be the burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart, marked with a commemorative carved stone plaque within the grounds. Visitors can also visit...
A complex underground structure, 150 feet long, of Iron Age date, that is now uncovered.
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The nave and west tower of a Trinitarian Friary, founded in the late 13th century with foundations of the domestic buildings.
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A good stretch of the Roman road running from Corbridge beside Hadrian's Wall to Cramond on the Firth of Forth. Beside the road are quarry pits from which the gravel for building the road was taken. The road continues over the Fala Flow site of speci...
Dryburgh sits by the Tweed River. Its remarkably complete medieval ruins makes it easy to appreciate the attractions of monastic life. The abbey buildings were destroyed by fire three times and ravaged by war on four occasions but fine examples of ec...
One of the few Iron Age brochs in lowland Scotland. Unusually large, it sits in a fort defended by ramparts and ditches, partially overlain by a settlement of the Romano-British period. Nearby is the Abbey St Bathan's woodland - a site of national im...
The richly carved Romanesque doorway of the old parish church of Edrom, in the kirkyard.
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A two-storey barn used for storing payments made in grain to the parish church. View exterior only.
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A handsome tower house on an L plan, built in 1581 and still retaining its iron gate or yett.
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An awesome, eerie ruin, set in a lonely spot, Hermitage Castle has a history filled with intrigue, murders, trysts, torture, and treason.
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Jedburgh Abbey, founded in 1138, was a frequent target for invading border armies. Today, there is a cloister and herb garden to explore, and a visitor centre containing 8th century carvings and artefacts excavated from the abbey grounds....
The west end of the great abbey church of the Tironensians, brought to Kelso in 1128 by David I. Even in its fragmentary state, this is a superb piece of architecture.
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Home to the Pringles and Scotts, Smailholm is a prominent landmark that proved inspirational to Sir Walter Scott who is buried at nearby Dryburgh Abbey....
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