Tantallon

May 17, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

A sprawling, enormous, semi-ruined 14th century castle with massive red curtain walls and hundred foot drops to the sea

White

May 17, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

A millennia-old hill fort near Nunraw Abbey — really just an oddly shaped hill with some archaeological remains

Hailes

May 17, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

A large ruined 13th – 16th century castle on the banks of the River Tyne

Crichton

May 17, 1999.Reading time 4 minutes.

An interesting ruined castles on the River Tyne, with very odd decorations in the great hall and a very interesting history including Mary, Queen of Scots

Dirleton

May 18, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

My second favorite castle, a crumbling ruin of yellowish stone, dating from the 13th century

Craigmillar

May 18, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

Only a few miles from Edinburgh, this very large ruin was built in the 14th century

Frenchman Tower

May 19, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Just another crumbling tower-house in a field somewhere. A pretty pile of rocks.

Easter Happrew Tower

May 19, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A lone pile of rocks in the middle of a sheep pasture, this is either Easter or Wester Happrew….

Kelso Abbey

May 20, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

A 12th century Tironensian abbey, overlooking the Tweed. It has been ruined since the 16th century, which may account for hte very scant remains at Kelso.

Greenknowe Tower

May 20, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

This well-preserved tower house in the Borders was built more for comfort than defense.