What is recorded here

Neidpath Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house overlooking the River Tweed west of Peebles, built around 1263 by Simon Fraser and later rebuilt by Sir William de Haya. Mary, Queen of Scots visited in 1563, James VI in 1587, and Cromwell’s forces attacked it in 1650, after which the Earls of Tweeddale and March kept it as a country seat. Adam Ferguson lived there as a tenant before neglect collapsed the upper rooms, and Wordsworth and Walter Scott both came to see the ruin in 1803.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Neidpath Castle as Castle (medieval), Sundial (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.

Neidpath Castle was built in the late 13th century by the Haliburton family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is historically significant as a strategic stronghold in the Borders region and is noted for its well-preserved medieval architecture and a 17th-century sundial.

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