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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...gh Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the capital of [[Cunninghame]]. The poet [[Robert Burns]] lived here for a time, after wh ...nninghame and Largs. The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status on Irvine.
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• River Leader
  ...ire]]. It flows southwards from the [[Lammermuir Hills]] through the towns of [[Lauder]] and [[Earlston]], joining the River Tweed at [[Leaderfoot]]. The river gives its name to one of the famous of valleys of the [[Middle Shires]]: Lauderdale, which it carves in beautiful wooded scen
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• Hume Castle
  ...ants of a late 12th or early 13th century castle of enceinte at the hamlet of [[Hume]] in [[Berwickshire]], between [[Greenlaw]] and [[Kelso]], From its earliest times the castle was a beacon station for warning of invasion from England and the only castle in these shires not destroyed in
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• Stevenston
  '''Stevenston''' is a town in [[Ayrshire]]. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with [[Ardrossan]] and [[Saltcoats]]. ...stable of Scotland, around 1170. The town is first mentioned in a charter of c. 1240.
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• Beaumaris Castle
  ...I]] around [[Snowdonia]] in his campaign to contain rebellion in the north of Wales after 1282. ...which reason it appears squat compared with its sister castles with their high towers.
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• Avebury Stone Circle
  ...ltshire]]. Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain. ...itage Site. They are a popular tourist attraction and also draw in crowds of neopaganism devotees.
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• Dunstaffnage Castle
  |builder=Duncan MacDougall of Lorn |ownership=Duke of Argyll
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• Kilham, Northumberland
  ...erland, 12 miles east of [[Kelso]] in Roxburghshire and 17 miles southwest of [[Berwick upon Tweed]]. ...ultural dwellings and is overlooked by Kilham Hill and the northern limits of the [[Cheviots|Cheviot Hills]].
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• Edzell Castle
  |builder=David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford |ownership=Earl of Dalhousie
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• Edinburgh Castle
  |picture caption=Edinburgh Castle at the head of the Old Town ...h]]; a grand royal fortress steeped in history which dominates the skyline of the city from its position on the [[Castle Rock, Edinburgh|Castle Rock]].
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• Norham Castle
  ...stle saw much action during the wars between the two kingdoms and in times of peace it was active in the struggle to keep down the [[Middle Shires#Reiver ...is part of [[Norhamshire]], deemed a detached part of the County Palatine of Durham, along with [[Islandshire]] and [[Bedlingtonshire]].
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• Angle
  ...iel'' from rocks near [[Thorn Island]]. The ship had been carrying a cargo of whisky and beer.<ref name=pint/> ...se the sheltered beach at West Angle Bay, which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The rockpools in the bay are home to a small g
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• Dryburgh Abbey
  |diocese=Diocese of St Andrews |ownership=Historic Scotland
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• Crichton Castle
  |ownership=Historic Environment Scotland ...e village of [[Pathhead, Midlothian|Pathhead]], and the same distance east of [[Gorebridge]]. A mile to the south-west is [[Borthwick Castle]].
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• Dirleton
  |picture caption=A row of cottages opposite the castle ...] nature reserve. To the north are the Archerfield Estate and the [[Firth of Forth]].
  10 KB (1,579 words) - 16:10, 7 August 2015
• Cardiff Castle
  |picture caption=The Norman keep of Cardiff Castle ...erected. Further work was conducted by Richard de Clare in the second half of the 13th century.
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• Threave Castle
  |ownership=Historic Scotland ...glas]] in [[Kirkcudbrightshire]]. It was the home of 'Black' Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their fall in 1455.
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• Bothwell Castle
  |picture caption=South-east tower of the castle |type=Castle of enceinte
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• Craignethan Castle
  |ownership=Historic Scotland |builder=James Hamilton of Finnart
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• Althorp
  ...also the home of his sister, Diana, before her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. ...:p''''' ('Orl-thorp'). The current Earl, Charles Spencer, noted that none of his family refer to it as 'Althorp', and that his father insisted on pronou
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