Blanerne Castle
Blanerne Castle is referred to in a traditional Berwickshire song:
Bunkle, Billie and Blanerne
Three castles strong as airn
Built when Davy was a bairn;
They’ll a’ gang doon
Wi’ Scotland’s croon,
And ilke ane sall be a cairn.
The other castles mentioned are Bunkle Castle and Billie Castle, and the Davy mentioned is David I, which suggests that all three castles were in existence by the late 11th century.
Blanerne Castle was destroyed by the Earl of Hertford during the Rough Wooing in 1544, and is now a ruin.
Where is Blanerne Castle?
Blanerne Castle is in the parish of Bunkle and Preston and the county of Berwickshire.
Grid reference: NT 83182 56362
Lat / long: 55.800276, -2.269791
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Alternative names for Blanerne Castle
Blanerne House; Lumsden Castle
References (books):
The Castles of ScotlandMartin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015
Prestongrange, 2015
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Pictish stones
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- Crail Class III cross-slab (56.04 km)
- Abercrombie 1 Class III cross slab (56.37 km)
- Abercrombie 2 Class III cross slab (56.37 km)
- Abercrombie 3 Class III cross slab (56.37 km)
- Abercrombie 4 Class III cross slab (56.37 km)
- Borthwick Mains Class I symbol stone (57.58 km)
- Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone (60.63 km)
- Newton of Collessie Class I symbol stone (78.47 km)
- Creich Class I symbol stones (82.63 km)
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- Broomhouse Mainssouterrain (2.51 km)
- Duns Lawfort (4.96 km)
- Edin's Hallbroch and fort (7.12 km)
- Cockburn Lawfort (7.43 km)
- Castle Dikesfort (9.02 km)
- Aytonlawfort (9.16 km)
- The Chestersfort (11.58 km)
- Bruntaburn Millstanding stone (24.2 km)
- The Chestersfort (24.56 km)
- Broxmouth (site of)fort (24.74 km)
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