Floors Castle
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Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect Wi
Floors Castle, Roxburghshire
Floors Castle in 1880, viewed across the Tweed
Floors Castle
Guy, 10th Duke of Roxburghe outside Floors Castle, by Allan Warren
Roxburgh Castle
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Roxburgh Castle is a ruined royal castle that overlooks the junction of the rivers Tweed and Teviot, in the Borders region of Scotland. The town and castle developed into the royal burgh of Roxburgh,
Floors Castle
…attacks were common, and which often took the form of cattle rustling or murders, carried on by gangs of Reivers. Floors also stands opposite the site of Roxburgh Castle, an important medieval fortress where King James II was killed during a siege in 1460. The lands of Floors were held by the monks of Kelso Abbey, until…
Ruins of Roxburgh Castle, with Floors Castle in the background
Roxburgh Castle, engraving by William Miller after W. Brown, 1830
Roxburgh Castle, 1920, by E. W. Haslehust