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Description: A unique example of a magnificent Scottish Castle built in 1846. Restored and fully lived in as a family home. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: NT 933613 How to get th...
Type: Historical-Buildings
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Description: Remains of the Norman parish church of Chirnside can still be seen as a blocked window in the lower part of the western tower and as an ornamental doorway through the south wall. Sundi...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: Probably erected about 1612, when King James VI granted the village status as a Burgh of barony, although local tradition states that it is older, having been erected to commemorate the...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: Cockburnspath Church was originally a dependant chapel of Coldingham Priory. The current building was extensively rebuilt after the ravages which followed its original construction in ...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: Founded in the early 12th century by monks from the Benedictine Monastery at Durham it was attcked frequently over the centuries with Cromwell leaving it a smoking ruin in 1648 as he mo...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: This promontory was fortified in 1547 by invading English troops and again in 1557 by French forces acting on behalf of the Scottish king. The two lines of ramparts, with bastions and ...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: A two-storey barn which was used for storing the grain which was the tithe or teind (tenth part) payable to the church. Ownership: In the care of Historic Scotland Situation: OS...
Type: Archaeological-Sites
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Description: Formed by an extinct volcano, St Abb�s Head is the best known landmark along the Berwickshire coast. Home to thousands of nesting seabirds in summer, it is also home to a wide range o...
Type: Visitor-Attractions
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Description: One of the few East Coast harbours which is still fully working. Picturesque, with its new fish market where auctions are still carried out. Viewing area. Visiting yachts and pleasure...
Type: Visitor-Attractions
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Description: Newly refurbished museum, which has a major tapestry detailing the fishing disaster of 1881. Exhibitions for farming, milling, wheelwrighting and blacksmithing. Ownership: Charita...
Type: Museums
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