Hume Castle
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Hume Castle is a castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Mellerstain House, 3.9 mi away.
Hume Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Mellerstain House
3.9 mi away
Castles in Scottish Borders
66
Scotland
About Hume Castle
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home. The village of Hume is located between Greenlaw and Kelso, two miles north of the village of Stichill, in Berwickshire, Scotland.
From the Wikipedia article on Hume Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hume Castle sits at 55.6652, -2.4709 in Scottish Borders. The closest other castles are Mellerstain House (3.9 mi), Greenknowe Tower (4.2 mi) and Floors Castle (4.2 mi). Scottish Borders has 66 castles in all.
