List of castles in the Scottish Borders

This is a list of castles in the Scottish Borders.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ayton Castle			Occupied		NT9291061382
Billie Castle	Courtyard castle		Ruin		NT85065964
Borthwick Castle	L-plan castle		Site		Near Duns
Branxholme Castle	Tower house		Occupied		NT4643711647
Cessford Castle			Ruin		NT7394523849
Corsbie Castle		16th century	Ruin		Near Gordon, Scottish Borders
Cranshaws Tower			Occupied
Cavers Castle	Tower	1200	Ruin			[1]
Drochil Castle			Ruin		NT1619943506
Dryhope Tower			Ruin		NT2673524732
Duns Castle			Occupied		NT7778154380
Edrington Castle			Ruin		NT9412153399
Evelaw Tower	L-plan	16th century	Ruin
Fast Castle	courtyard castle		Ruin	Hall family open: free	Coldingham NT860709
Fatlips Castle			Undergoing restoration		NT5819120887
Ferniehirst Castle			Occupied		NT6524317981
Floors Castle	house	1721	Occupied	Duke of Roxburghe	Kelso NT7110634681	ruins of Roxburgh castle in the grounds
Fulton Tower	L-plan castle	16th century	Ruin
Greenknowe Tower			Ruin		NT639428
Hermitage Castle	keep		Ruin	Historic Scotland	Newcastleton NY495960
Hume Castle			Ruin		Greenlaw NT7047541399
Jedburgh Castle			demolished 1409		Jedburgh NT6476920180	Replaced by a baronial-style jail
Kirkhope Tower			Occupied		NT3788125055
Lamberton Castle			No remains
Lanton Tower	Tower House	16th century	Occupied		55°29′09″N2°36′21″W / 55.485938°N 2.605958°W / 55.485938; -2.605958
Lauder Tower	Tower House	15th century	No remains
Mangerton Tower	Tower House	16th century	Ruin
Mervinslaw Pele	Pele tower		Ruin
Neidpath Castle	keep	14th century	Semi-ruinous	private ownership; open regularly	Peebles NT236405	Extensively remodelled in 16th century [2]
Newark Castle			Ruin		NT4215029450
Nisbet House	House	1630	Restoration	Private	Duns NT7950551230	West Tower added 1774
Old Lauder Castle		11th Century	No remains
Peebles Castle		12th century	No remains		Peebles NT2500040398
Posso Tower		16th century	Ruin		NT2001433243
Roxburgh Castle			Ruin		NT7132033735
Smailholm Tower				Historic Scotland	NT637346
Thirlestane Castle			Occupied		NT5338847926
Traquair House	fortified house		occupied	private ownership; open regularly	NT3307635483
Tushielaw Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruin		NT3002617192
Venlaw			Occupied		NT2528041238
Wallace's Tower	L-plan castle	16th century	Ruin		NT7001630477
Wedderburn Castle			Occupied		NT8083852853
Whitslaid Tower			Ruin		NT5576244563

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in the Scottish Borders

Notes

1. Hawick, Detached, Borders
2. Coventry, p. 329

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press