Cessford Castle

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arnaud gourlain
Sep 12th, 2022 -
Karen Rodger
Apr 30th, 2023 -
louise Cessford
Dec 4th, 2022 -
Nursey Williamson
Sep 14th, 2022 -
Steven Porteous
Oct 30th, 2022
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Q Where is Cessford Castle located?
A Cessford Castle is located at , Kelso and District Ward, sct TD5 8EG
Q What is the internet address for Cessford Castle?
A The website (URL) for Cessford Castle is: http://www.borderarchaeology.co.uk/home/sites/cessford
Q How is Cessford Castle rated?
A Cessford Castle has a 4.5 Star Rating from 42 reviewers.
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Cessford Castle
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Cessford was built around 1450 by Andrew Ker, an ancestor of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and of the Dukes of Roxburghe. It is from this place that the Duke takes his subsidiary titles: Baron Ker of Cessford, and Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford. It is possible that the castle incorporates parts of an earlier structure. The fortalice was built on an L-plan, with a main keep with a wing of almost the same magnitude. With up to six storeys, two of which were barrel vaulted, and with walls up to 13 feet (4.0 m) thick, it was a formidable place of defence. The angle of the building was enclosed by a single-storey defensive gatehouse, and the whole was surrounded by a barmekin and defensive earthworks, a fact that is corroborated by the record of English troops having to use an escalade to gain access to the castle courtyard during the siege of 1523. The castle was besieged in 1523 by the Earl of Surrey who remarked: "It might never have been taken had the assailed been able to go on defending". The castle was abandoned in 1650.

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