What is recorded here

Roxburgh Castle is a ruined royal fortress overlooking the junction of the Tweed and Teviot, first recorded in 1128 and repeatedly lost or regained by Scots and English. On 19 February 1314, Sir James Douglas struck at night with men in black cloaks, mistaken for cattle, then climbed the walls with rope and board ladders. In 1460 the Scots captured it again, and Mary of Guelders had it demolished so the English could never hold it twice.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Roxburgh Castle as Castle (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.

Roxburgh Castle was built by the de Umfraville family in the late 12th or early 13th century and later held by the English during the Scottish Wars of Independence. It is remembered as a key border fortress and site of significant conflict between Scotland and England.

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