Branxholme Castle
In January 1548 English observers noted that cannon would be needed to capture Branxholme.On 20 April 1570, an English army under the Earl of Sussex and Lord Hunsdon arrived and Branxholm was described as "a very strong house and well set, and very pleasant gardens and orchards about it."[3] In 1571 Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch commenced rebuilding and his widow Margaret Douglas completed the work in October 1576.Branxholme castle consists of a sixteenth-century tower house of five storeys, altered and incorporated in a later mansion.The narrative poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel[5] by the poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott celebrates the success of Baron Henry of Cranston in securing the hand of Lady Margaret of Branksome Hall.
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