Black Barony
Barony Castle, also known as Black Barony, and formerly as Darnhall, is a historic house at Eddleston in the Scottish Borders. The house is currently operated as a hotel, under the name of Barony Castle Hotel, and is protected as a Category B listed building.Photo: Morley Sewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: tower house, subsequently extended and now hotel in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Black Barony Castle”, “Blackbarony Castle”, “Darn Hall”, and “Darnhall”
- Address: Peebles, Eddleston, EH45 8QW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eddleston Parish Church and Milkieston Rings.
Eddleston Parish Church
Church
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eddleston Parish Church is situated 2,500 feet east of Black Barony.
Milkieston Rings
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milkieston Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 3 miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument. Milkieston Rings is situated 1 mile southeast of Black Barony.
Northshield Rings
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northshield Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 6 miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument. Northshield Rings is situated 2 miles northeast of Black Barony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eddleston and Lamancha.
Eddleston
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies 4 miles north of Peebles and 9 miles south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village.
Lamancha
Locality
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamancha is a locality, which is situated 4 miles northwest of Black Barony.
Peebles
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.
Black Barony
- Categories: country house, Tower House, and hotel building
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.71281° or 55° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.21717° or 3° 13′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C7RPQ7M+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 163093482OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4920326
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