Ferniehirst Castle
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Ferniehirst Castle is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Roxbu
Ferniehirst Castle, keep
Ferniehirst Castle, courtyard
Ferniehirst Castle, visitor centre
Rough Wooing
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The Rough Wooing, also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century. Following the English Reformation, the break from the Catholic Church, England attacked S
Ferniehirst Castle
…the wood encountered strong resistance, but eventually the castle was taken. Ferniehirst was occupied by English forces in 1547, during the war of the Rough Wooing. The English were dislodged by a force of Sir John Ker's clansmen, and the Earl of Huntly reinforced by André de Montalembert and French auxiliaries…
Anglo-Scottish border at the time of the Rough Wooing
Surviving buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh
Sir John Luttrell, English commander at Inchcolm and Broughty Castle
Facsimile of a contemporary sketch showing the deployment of Hertford's forces before they burnt Edinburgh in May 1544