What is recorded here
The Castles (fort) is an archaeological place in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is no longer a visible castle or a named battle field in the facts provided. The name suggests a strong defended site, but the evidence is only that it is marked as a fort on the public map. Any claim about when it was built, who lived there or why it was abandoned is invention.
The Castles (fort) is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Scottish Borders. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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Places near here
The CastlesFort (iron Age), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned) · 16 yd
Calroust BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 381 yd
Calroust FarmFarm (medieval) · 536 yd
SwindonBuilding (period Unassigned)(possible), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 615 yd
CalroustRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 629 yd
Elisheugh HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Birkie PlantationWood · 2.2 mi
Mozie LawMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 2.9 mi
Waterfall at entrance to Hen HoleWaterfall · 3.4 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 3.6 mi
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.0 miOther information
Photo: Eileen Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0