Blanerne Castle
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Blanerne Castle is a tower house in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Blackadder House, 2.1 mi away.
Blanerne Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Blackadder House
2.1 mi away
Castles in Scottish Borders
66
Scotland
About Blanerne Castle
Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders. The house and castle sit on the north bank of the Whiteadder Water, around 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-east of Duns.
From the Wikipedia article on Blanerne Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blanerne Castle sits at 55.8002, -2.2698 in Scottish Borders. The closest other castles are Blackadder House (2.1 mi), Billie Castle (2.4 mi) and Wedderburn Castle (2.6 mi). Scottish Borders has 66 castles in all.
