What is recorded here

Liddel Castle stands as a ruined motte and bailey in Liddesdale, built presumably by Ranulph de Soules after David I granted him the barony. The fortress later passed to Douglas when Robert the Bruce forfeited de Soulis lands around 1320, yet records fall silent after the early fourteenth century. What remains is a buried shape beside the Liddel Water, holding the ghost of a border stronghouse that rose, bled, and vanished before anyone wrote its final chapter.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Liddel Castle as Earthwork (period Unassigned), Fortification (period Unassigned), Motte and Bailey (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Liddel Castle was a medieval motte-and-bailey castle, likely built in the 12th or 13th century, and held strategic importance due to its location near the English-Scottish border. It is remembered for its role in the turbulent history of the Borders region during the Middle Ages.

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