Rue Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Rue Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rucastle
Canmore ID 57109
Site Number NT62SW 30
NGR NT 61255 20161
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57109
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Bedrule
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT62SW 30 61255 20161
(NT 6125 2015) Rue Castle (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Roxburghshire, (1923).
Rue Castle (Site). No structural remains survive. William de Rucastel is on record in 1296.(Information from Exchequer Rolls, J Stuart and G Burn Burnett (eds.) 1878). In 1543 Rue Castle was burnt after the barmkin
had been seized.(Information from the Hamilton Papers, J Bain ed. 1892).
RCAHMS 1956, visited 15 October 1937.
This is presumably the site of one of the two towers mentioned by by Watson, which defended the village of Ruecastle, destroyed in 1513 and apparently rebuilt to be destroyed again in 1545. (See NT62SW 5).
G Watson 1949.
No remains and no further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 27 January 1967.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
