What is recorded here

Duns Castle is a post Medieval drive in the Scottish Borders whose oldest surviving chamber may date from 1320, when Robert the Bruce granted the lands to Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray. The castle later became a military base during the First Bishops' War of 1639, when General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven used it to block the English advance into Scotland. It has belonged to the Hay family since 1698 and now hosts weddings beside two man-made lakes.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Duns Castle as Drive (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Duns Castle was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Hume family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered as a significant example of late medieval domestic architecture in the Borders region.

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