A selection of walking, cycling & driving excursions from Jedburgh
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Mary Queen o' Scots House & Museum - <1miles (<1km)
Mary Queen of Scots is associated with many palaces, castles and country houses in Scotland as she undertook many tours of her kingdom, partly to bolster her popularity. But "Mary Queen of Scots' House" in Jedburgh is the only one which bears her name. In October 1566, she had been in Jedburgh to administer justice in the court there and had travelled to bleak Hermitage Castle, 20 miles further south in Liddesdale, to visit the Earl of Bothwell who had been injured in a skirmish with the Elliot family. On her return from Hermitage Castle she was thrown from her horse while crossing some dangerous bogland (now named The Queen's Mire) and was taken to the fortified house in Jedburgh which now bears her name.
Jedburgh Castle Jail & Museum - <1miles (<1km)
The Castle Jail, with a commanding view over the town, was built as a reform jail in 1820 on the site of the original Jethart Castle which was demolished in 1409 to keep it out of the hands of the English. The jail now houses a museum of social history, re-opened in 1996 following major refurbishment of its displays. The displays in the cell blocks tell the story of this Howard Reform Prison, using costumed figures and period rooms. History of Jedburgh exhibitions with audio-visuals in the Jailers House.
Jedburgh Abbey - <1miles (<1km)
Jedburgh Abbey is one of the border abbeys founded by David I around 1138 for Augustinian canons. The church is mostly in the Romanesque and early Gothic styles and is remarkably complete. Remains of the cloister buildings have recently been uncovered and finds from the excavations, including the 12th century "Jedburgh comb" are on display in the award-winning visitor centre. There is also a fine cloister garden which has been laid out to show a typical Scottish monastery garden of about 1500.
Floors Castle, Kelso - 11miles (18km)
Sir Walter Scott described this fairy-tale castle as 'altogether a kingdom for Oberon and Titania to dwell in.
Dryburgh Abbey - 12miles (19km)
Both beautifully situated and of intrinsic quality, the ruins of the Premonstratensian abbey at Dryburgh are remarkably complete. Much of the work is of the 12th and 13th Century. Sir Walter Scott and Field Marshall Earl Haig are buried in the abbey.
Mary Queen of Scots is associated with many palaces, castles and country houses in Scotland as she undertook many tours of her kingdom, partly to bolster her popularity. But "Mary Queen of Scots' House" in Jedburgh is the only one which bears her name. In October 1566, she had been in Jedburgh to administer justice in the court there and had travelled to bleak Hermitage Castle, 20 miles further south in Liddesdale, to visit the Earl of Bothwell who had been injured in a skirmish with the Elliot family. On her return from Hermitage Castle she was thrown from her horse while crossing some dangerous bogland (now named The Queen's Mire) and was taken to the fortified house in Jedburgh which now bears her name.
The Castle Jail, with a commanding view over the town, was built as a reform jail in 1820 on the site of the original Jethart Castle which was demolished in 1409 to keep it out of the hands of the English. The jail now houses a museum of social history, re-opened in 1996 following major refurbishment of its displays. The displays in the cell blocks tell the story of this Howard Reform Prison, using costumed figures and period rooms. History of Jedburgh exhibitions with audio-visuals in the Jailers House.
Jedburgh Abbey is one of the border abbeys founded by David I around 1138 for Augustinian canons. The church is mostly in the Romanesque and early Gothic styles and is remarkably complete. Remains of the cloister buildings have recently been uncovered and finds from the excavations, including the 12th century "Jedburgh comb" are on display in the award-winning visitor centre. There is also a fine cloister garden which has been laid out to show a typical Scottish monastery garden of about 1500.
Sir Walter Scott described this fairy-tale castle as 'altogether a kingdom for Oberon and Titania to dwell in.
Both beautifully situated and of intrinsic quality, the ruins of the Premonstratensian abbey at Dryburgh are remarkably complete. Much of the work is of the 12th and 13th Century. Sir Walter Scott and Field Marshall Earl Haig are buried in the abbey.