Langton Castle
| Langton Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | tore off | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Gavinton | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 46 '25.3 " N , 2 ° 23' 30.5" W | |
| Height: | 164 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Langton Castle was a medieval fortress near Duns in the Scottish county of Berwickshire , now part of the Scottish Borders administrative division . Little is left of the ruins.
history
The castle originally belonged to the Viponts , but then fell to the Cockburns in 1330 through the marriage of Sir Alexander de Cokburne to the heiress Maria de Vipont . From then until 1745, the castle was the seat of the Baronets Cockburn.
From 1389 to 1396 Sir Alexander de Cokburne was the keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.
In a dispute over succession to the estate, the castle was besieged in 1517 by William Cockburn and his brother-in-law, David Home of Wedderburn Castle . Antoine d'Arces, Sieur de la Bastie , the French deputy to the Regent Albany , urged Cockburn and Home to bury the dispute. These in turn broke off the siege and ambushed Bastie at Preston . There they killed him and displayed his head on the market cross at Duns.
Maria Stuart visited the castle in 1566.
In 1745 Cockburn of Langton fell at the Battle of Fontenoy and in 1758 Mr. David Gavin bought the property. Langton Castle and settlement were demolished to make way for a new country house . Langton villagers have been relocated to the new village of Gavinton . Mr. Gavin married Lady Elizabeth Maitland , daughter of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale . The daughter of the two then married John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane . Their descendants demolished the country house and built a new Langton House in 1886 according to plans by the architect David Bryce . This country house was also demolished in 1950. Today only the decorative entrance gate is preserved.
Web links and sources
- Langton Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- Langton House . Dunse History Society. Retrieved October 26, 2017.