What is recorded here
Ruecastle is a farmstead in the Scottish Borders, recorded without a date but marked on the official map to the nearest metre. It may have fed horses, sheared sheep or simply given one family a roof above the valley noise. The stones likely watched rain strip the border hills for generations before anyone wrote them down.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ruecastle as Farmstead (period Unassigned). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Ruecastle CovertForest · 1067 yd
KnowesouthCountry House (period Unassigned) · 1204 yd
Lanton HillMountain / peak · 1337 yd
NewtonCountry House (period Unassigned) · 1430 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Lanton TowerTower House (medieval) · 1459 yd
LantonTower House (medieval) · 1.0 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6877481.jpg?width=1280)
Dunion HillFort (prehistoric), Roundhouse(s) (prehistoric) · 1.1 mi
Lanton, Orchard CottageLinear Feature (post Medieval), Sherd (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Blacklaw StripForest · 1.5 mi
Bedrule Church, GraveyardChurchyard (medieval), Gravestone(s) (17th Century), Gravestone (18th Century) · 1.7 mi
Jedburgh, Exchange StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 mi
FriarsgateNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0