What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yester Castle and Goblin Ha' as Motte and Bailey (medieval), Tower House (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.
Yester Castle and Goblin Ha' were built by the de Yestre family in the 12th or 13th century. The site is historically significant as a well-preserved example of a motte-and-bailey castle and later tower house in the Scottish Borders.
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Places near here
Yester CastleCastle · 24 yd
YesterFort (prehistoric) · 119 yd
Castle MainsFarmhouse (late 18th Century), Farmstead (late 18th Century) - (19th Century) · 382 yd
Shank Lea WoodLinear Feature (period Unknown), Pit Alignment (prehistoric), Quarry (period Unknown) · 391 yd
Thicket WoodWood · 675 yd
Danskine BurnQuarry (post Medieval) · 902 yd
Newlands StripWood · 1197 yd
Green CastleFort (prehistoric), Fort (medieval) · 1.7 mi
BroadwoodsideHeritage attraction · 2.1 mi
Balfour MemorialMemorial · 4.1 mi
PappleNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.5 mi
Burns Family WellMemorial · 4.6 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0