Cessford Castle
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Cessford Castle is a castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Wallace's Tower, 4.8 mi away.
Cessford Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Wallace's Tower
4.8 mi away
Castles in Scottish Borders
66
Scotland
About Cessford Castle
Cessford Castle, is a large ruined mid-15th century L-plan castle near the village of Cessford, midway Jedburgh and Kelso, in the historic county of Roxburghshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders. The Castle is caput of the Barony of Cessford, and the principal stronghold of the Kerr family, notorious Border Reivers, many of whom served as Wardens of the Middle March.
From the Wikipedia article on Cessford Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cessford Castle sits at 55.5077, -2.4141 in Scottish Borders. The closest other castles are Wallace's Tower (4.8 mi), Jedburgh Castle (6.2 mi) and Roxburgh Castle (6.3 mi). Scottish Borders has 66 castles in all.
