Liddel Castle
| Liddel Castle | ||
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 Earthworks from Liddel Castle |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, earthworks | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Old Castleton | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 12 '9.6 " N , 2 ° 46' 0.2" W | |
| Height: | 148 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Liddel Castle is an abandoned low castle in Liddesdale , the valley of Liddel Water , in the municipality of Castleton in the Scottish county of Roxburghshire (now part of the Scottish Borders administrative unit ).
Liddel Castle is a Scheduled Monument .
history
Liddel Castle probably had Ranulph de Soules built in the 12th century. It was the caput of his baronate that King David I had given him.
The last written mention of the wooden moth comes from the beginning of the 14th century. Today only earthworks remain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Liddel Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
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- A. Jeffrey: The history and antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent districts from the most remote period to the present time . 4 volumes. Volume 4. London and Edinburgh 1855–1864. P. 232.