Wednesday 4 September - Day 11
Warkworth Castle Northumberland, Floors Castle, Jedburgh Abbey and Melrose Abbey Scottish Borders.
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Warkworth Castle
Occupying a position overlooking a loop in the River Coquet in...
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Warkworth Castle
In the 13th century a new castle was begun with the construction of a...
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Warkworth Castle
In 1173 the castle was besieged and taken by the Scottish kin, William the Lion.
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Warkworth
This is our little hire car, a Ford Focus we nichnamed Cha Cha Charlie.
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Warkworth Castle
Rising to a height of three stories, the polygonal keep with its tall central...
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Warkworth Castle
During the 14th and 15th centuries the Percy family carried out major...
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Warkworth Castle
The castle was kept in good repair until the mid-16th century, Thereafter the...
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Warkworth Castle
The Lion Tower. The date of this is uncertaink, though it is known...
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Warkworth
View of the river Coquet towards the sea from Warkworth Castle.
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Floors Castle
Floors Castle, overlooking the River Tweed just east of Kelso in the Scottish...
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Floors Castle
Floors is the largest inhabited cstle in Scotland and is home to the Duke and...
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Floors Castle
The original house, which was a plain, simple dwelling, was re-designed by...
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Floors Castle
William Playfair, when he remodelled it in 1849, added all the frills and...
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Floors Castle
Floors Castle makes a striking silhouette on the skyline.
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Floors Castle
Those who saw the film "Tarzan of Greystoke" may recognise...
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Floors Castle
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Floors Castle
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Floors Castle
View towards Kelso. A holly tree on the estate makes the spot where...
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Floors Castle
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Jedburgh
Situated just ten miles north of Scotland's border with England, Jedburgh...
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Jedburgh
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
First founded as an Augustinian priory in 1138, King David I built this great...
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Jedburgh Abbey
Over the next four centuries, it bacame a natural target for the...
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Jedburgh Abbey
When Anglo-Scottish relations deteriorated after 1296, Jedburgh became...
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
Accient stone sarcophagus.
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
Rich carving on the eastern cloister doorway to the south aisle of the nave.
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Jedburgh Abbey
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Melrose
The Ship Inn
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Melrose
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Melrose
Burt's Hotel
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Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey is built of stunning rose sandstone. Around 1136 David I...
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Melrose Abbey
Reduced to ruins in 1385 and then rebuilt. Then in reign of Henry VIII it was...
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Melrose
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Melrose Abbey
The heart of Robert the Bruce was bruied in Melrose Abbey, because Bruse had...
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Melrose Abbey
In 1995 a lead casket was discovered in the abbey grounds, and scientific...
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Melrose YHA
Priorwood, the Hostel, was a Georgian mansion - much extended by later...
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