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Commemorative plaque 89785

Blue plaque

What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Mary Queen of Scots house. Dating from the 16th century, this house is of a style typical of the Scottish Borders and contains within it part of a bastel-house. Jedburgh had at least 6 such defensive towers within the town and this is the only one remaining. Within the garden you can also view a remarkable 8th Anglian cross base. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Burgh of Jedburgh.
Mary Queen of Scots house served as a residence for the historical figure Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, and exemplifies 16th-century Scottish Borders architecture, featuring a bastel-house structure; the site also preserves an 8th-century Anglian cross base within its garden.

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