Manuel Gloger


Premium (Pro), Düsseldorf

Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle, near Newcastleton, Roxburghshire
Aus dem Archiv: September 2001 - Nikon FE - Diascan

Hermitage Castle is a forbidding and oppressive place. Seen from the east or west the architecture seems utterly brutal: sheer walls relieved only by a blind arch.

The only hint of romance in Hermitage Castle's story came in October 1566, when it was held by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. He was injured in a fight with border reivers. When news of this came to the ears of Mary Queen of Scots, visiting Jedburgh, 25 miles away, she dropped everything and rode with a small retinue to be by his side.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hawick/hermitagecastle/index.html
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/majorsites/hermitage.html
http://www.aboutscotland.com/hermitage.html

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