Archaeology Notes

Event ID 717416

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT62SW 35 6476 2018.

(Centred NT 64762018) Old Jail on Site of Jedburgh Castle (GT)

OS 6"map, (1938).

By the middle of the 12th century Jedburgh possessed a castle which stood on the high ground at what is now the head of Castlegate. This castle was frequently in English keeping, and from the English records it appears that in the year 1335-6 it consisted of a great tower and a lesser one, situated on either side of a pele, the entry to which, like the main gate, was protected by a barras. It was continuously in English hands after Neville's Cross, and was demolished in 1409. The last vestiges of the castle were removed in 1823 to make way for the jail.

RCAHMS 1956.

The old jail buildings and yards are now used by the County Council Highways Dept. No further information was obtained concerning the castle.

Visited by OS(EGC) 7 January 1963.