Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in...
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Look up hermitage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hermitage, The Hermitage or L'Hermitage may refer to: Hermitage (religious retreat), a place of...
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The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of...
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William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale (section Control of the Borders and capture of Hermitage Castle)
following year, Hermitage Castle the key fortress in Liddesdale and over much of the Border country. Hermitage had been a royal castle under the Bruce...
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Coquet in Northumberland, England, close to Warkworth Castle and the village of Warkworth. The hermitage consists of an outer portion built of stone and an...
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master's dwelling, Hermitage Castle. Ultimately, William was (according to legend) taken to the Ninestane Rig, a stone circle near the castle, then wrapped...
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decisive Battle of Langside. James VI and I was born in Edinburgh Castle, not Hermitage Castle, as depicted in the film. Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of...
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Clan Armstrong (section Castles)
imprisoned and killed by the anti-Bruce conspirator William de Soulis at Hermitage Castle. Gilbert Armstrong, served as steward of the household of David II...
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in Edinburgh Castle without trial in 1562. Later that year, while the Queen was in the Highlands, he escaped and went to Hermitage Castle. The Queen and...
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Clan Eliott (section Castles)
life and his lands of Liddesdale along with the great fortress of Hermitage Castle were made over to Bruce's illegitimate son, Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale...
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Soulis Cross (section Lord Soulis of Hermitage Castle)
Soulis. A notorious Lord Soulis is linked with the evil redcaps at Hermitage Castle in the Borders. He could only be bound by a three-stranded rope of...
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1491 he fortified his castle of Tantallon against James, but had to submit and to exchange his Liddesdale estate and Hermitage Castle for the lordship of...
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the valley, however, is Hermitage Castle, a massive H-shaped fortress of enormous strength, one of the oldest surviving castles in Scotland. It stands...
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known as the "drowning pool" today. There is a large burial mound near Hermitage Castle said to be the final resting place of the Cout. Tom Hubbard (1 January...
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Bothwell Castle for long, however, exchanging it with Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, known as "Bell-the-Cat", in return for Hermitage Castle in Liddesdale...
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hamlets of Dinley and Gorrenberry, and through the village of Hermitage, and past Hermitage Castle. It continues past Toftholm where it meets the B6399, and...
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James V (category People of Stirling Castle)
apartments. Work was also carried out at Tantallon Castle, Blackness Castle and Hermitage Castle. As early as August 1517, a clause of the Treaty of...
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Douglas was one. Under the auspice of this office, Douglas seized Hermitage Castle in Liddesdale from the English in response to their depredations on...
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Mary, Queen of Scots (category People of Stirling Castle)
horseback of at least four hours each way to visit the Earl of Bothwell at Hermitage Castle, where he lay ill from wounds sustained in a skirmish with John Elliot...
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previously held by the Earls of Douglas, such as Lintalee and finally Hermitage Castle for a time. Following the assassination of his uncle, King James in...
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formed an irregular 'X-plan' shape, an unusual layout also seen at Hermitage Castle. Only the north-east corner tower survives to its former height, as...
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Earl of Deloraine (redirect from Viscount of Hermitage)
Deloraine Burn joins the Ettrick Water, between Ettrick and Ettrickbridge; Hermitage Castle is north of Newcastleton; and Goldielands is a peel tower near where...
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The Hermitage was a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between about 1700 and 1818, and consisted of three...
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Water. It is within the county of Roxburghshire. It is the site of Hermitage Castle. Newcastleton is 10 miles (16 km) east of Langholm, 17 miles (27 km)...
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The Hermitage or Eremitage (in German) is a palace complex and garden in Bayreuth, Germany. The museum was created from a historical park with fountains...
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motte-and-bailey castles in Scotland. Doune of Invernochty, Aberdeenshire Duffus Castle, Moray Hermitage Castle, Liddesdale Liddel Castle, Liddesdale Motte...
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Clan Ramsay (section Castles)
captured Alexander Ramsay with a strong force of men, imprisoning him in Hermitage Castle, where he was starved to death. Alexander's brother, William Ramsay...
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Trust for Scotland Hawkshaw – ancestral home of the Porteous family Hermitage Castle – Historic Scotland Jedburgh Abbey – Historic Scotland Kailzie Gardens...
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Gaztelugatxe (section Hermitage)
connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge. On top of the island stands a hermitage (named Gaztelugatxeko Doniene in Basque; San Juan de Gaztelugatxe in Spanish)...
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vaults. Ethie Castle Fyvie Castle is said to be haunted. Garleton Castle Glamis Castle Castle Grant Hermitage Castle Hill House HM Prison Castle Huntly Holyrood...
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