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ROXBURGH CASTLE (Remains of) Roxburgh Castle (Remains of) 009.08 [continued from page 6] till. 1460, when James II. was Killed
in besieging it. I was taken,after this accident, by his Queen (Mary of Guilder) and levelled to the rock, and the strength being razed, the town fell into ruins. In 1547. the Protector Somerset repaired the ruin of the Castle So as to make it defensible; & left in it a garrison of 500 men. By the treaty of 1550, the King of England bound himself to raze to the ground the town & Castle of Roxburgh. The Castle has been built upon the termination of a ridge, between the rivers Tweed & Teviot. Its height is about 50 feet. The Site of the Castle measures Nearly 400 yards long, and about 100 yards broad, excepting at the N [North] East end, where it is Considerably narrower. On the North, West, & South it [continued on page 8]

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Roxburgh Parish -- W. Beatty C.a [Civilian assistant]

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