Duns Castle

Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a Category A listed building.

Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jim Clark Motorsport Museum and Duns Library.

Jim Clark Motorsport Museum

Museum

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Duns Library

Library

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Berwickshire High School

School

Berwickshire High School is a six-year comprehensive school located west of Duns, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duns and Gavinton.

Duns

Town

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Duns is a historic market town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, it acts as a local commercial and service centre for the surrounding rural and agricultural area.

Gavinton

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 2 kilometres south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at grid reference NT767521.

Blackadder House

Locality

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Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. Blackadder House is situated 5 miles east of Duns Castle.

Duns Castle

Type: Castle
Description: castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.7824° or 55° 46′ 57″ north

Longitude

-2.35603° or 2° 21′ 22″ west

Elevation

545 feet (166 metres)

Open location code

9C7VQJJV+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 443171603

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

2650670

Wikidata ID

Q920068

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Duns Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Dunseko gaztelua”
Danish: “Duns Castle”
Dutch: “Duns Castle”
French: “château de Duns”
French: “Château de Duns”
German: “Duns Castle”
Italian: “castello di Duns”
Italian: “Castello di Duns”
Portuguese: “Castelo de Duns”
Portuguese: “Duns Castle”
Scots: “Duns Castle”
Spanish: “Castillo de Duns”
Turkish: “Duns Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Clockmill and Duns Law.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Castle Wood and Borthwick Plantation.

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