Hume Castle
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: Scottish castle (ruin)
- Also known as: “Hume Castle, castle and associated settlement”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stichill Kirk.
Stichill Kirk
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill Kirk is an ancient church situated in the village of Stichill in the old county of Roxburghshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council in Scotland. Stichill Kirk is situated 2 miles south of Hume Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hume and Stichill.
Hume
Village
Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies 7 miles from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon.
Stichill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream. Stichill is situated 2 miles south of Hume Castle.
Greenlaw
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 661. Greenlaw is situated 3 miles north of Hume Castle.
Hume Castle
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.66515° or 55° 39′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.47092° or 2° 28′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C7VMG8H+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 148727997OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q5940598
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Hume Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հյում ամրոց”
- German: “Hume Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Hume”
- Japanese: “ヒューム城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Hume”
- Turkish: “Hume Kalesi”
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Highlights include The Heuchen and Hume Quarry.
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