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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jim Clark Motorsport Museum and Duns Library.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duns is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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″ northLongitude
-2.35603° or 2° 21′ 22″ westElevation
545 feet (166 metres)Open location code
9C7VQJJV+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 443171603OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2650670Wikidata ID
Q920068
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“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”
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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Duns Castle”. Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.