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Liddel Castle is a medieval fortified site located near Newcastleton in Roxburghshire, on the border between Scotland and England. The castle comprises earthwork remains including a motte and bailey, evidence of its twelfth-century origins as a Norman defensive structure. The site occupies a strategic position overlooking the Liddesdale valley, reflecting its importance during the period of Anglo-Scottish border conflict. The surviving earthworks demonstrate the layout of a typical medieval ringwork or motte-and-bailey fortification, though stone structures associated with later occupation may also have stood on the site.
Liddel Castle,Newcastleton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1716. View the official record →
Liddel Castle is a medieval fortified site located near Newcastleton in Roxburghshire, on the border between Scotland and England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1716.
Liddel Castle,Newcastleton dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a newcastleton. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Liddel Castle,Newcastleton is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1716.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Knowe,long cairn (4.2 km), Kershopehead medieval shieling 610m north east of Kershopehead (5.2 km), Ettleton Cemetery, tombstones (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Liddel Castle,Newcastleton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Liddel Castle,Newcastleton stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.