The castle had been the hereditary seat of the Scotts of Buccleuch since the 15th century, and it was the centre of power in Upper Teviotdale, on one of the main historic routes south towards England.
branxholme, this, article, about, town, scotland, other, uses, disambiguation, hamlet, scottish, borders, area, scotland, overlooking, river, teviot, miles, kilometres, southwest, hawick, road, langholm, castlelocation, within, scottish, bordersos, grid, refer. This article is about the town in Scotland For other uses see Branxholme disambiguation Branxholme is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland overlooking the River Teviot 3 miles 5 kilometres southwest of Hawick on the A7 road to Langholm BranxholmeBranxholme CastleBranxholmeLocation within the Scottish BordersOS grid referenceNT4611Council areaScottish BordersCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottishUK ParliamentBerwickshire Roxburgh and SelkirkScottish ParliamentEttrick Roxburgh and BerwickshireList of places UK Scotland 55 23 N 2 51 W 55 39 N 02 85 W 55 39 02 85Nearby are Ale Water Alemoor Loch Burnfoot Borthwick Water Colterscleugh Monument Roberton Stobs Castle Teviothead and Wilton Contents 1 Branxholme Castle 2 Branxholme Easter Loch and Wester Loch 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBranxholme Castle editThe novelist Sir Walter Scott a close friend and relative of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch chose Branxholme as the setting for his book The Lay of the Last Minstrel The castle had been the hereditary seat of the Scotts of Buccleuch since the 15th century and it was the centre of power in Upper Teviotdale on one of the main historic routes south towards England The original tower house was burned in 1532 by the Earl of Northumberland and it was blown up in April 1570 by the Earl of Sussex 1 Branxholme Easter Loch and Wester Loch editThe Easter Loch lies 2 miles west of Branxholme and its outlet is the Newmill Burn See also editList of places in the Scottish Borders List of places in ScotlandReferences edit Edmund Lodge Illustrations of British History vol 2 London 1791 p 43 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Branxholme SCRAN image of Branxholme Castle RCAHMS Canmore record for Branxholme Castle Twentyfoot Tower SCRAN Pathfinder Pack Family Names SCOTT Gazetteer for Scotland Branxholme Castle Gazetteer for Scotland Branxholme Easter Loch nbsp This Scottish Borders location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Branxholme amp oldid 1194371007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
