Scotland · Demolished
Jedburgh Castle
Jedburgh Castle was a medieval fortress at Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders that was demolished in 1409. In the 19th century a prison was built on the same site; today the castle no longer survives above ground and the jail building occupies the location.
First raised
1100
Its prime
1300
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1300
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact, coursed-stone fortress set immediately behind a low curtain wall with regular crenellated parapets and an arched ground-level gateway. A rectangular, multi-storey keep rises behind the curtain, with at least one smaller projecting tower visible, and narrow slit windows pierced through the masonry. The stone is pale grey and the approach is directly across the town churchyard and its rows of gravestones; the castle at prime is fully roofed and intact.
Its story
The story of Jedburgh Castle.
Jedburgh Castle stood at Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, and was fought over during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Its end came from its own side: in 1409 the castle was demolished by the Scots, commanded by Sir James Douglas of Balvenie.
Nothing of the medieval fortress survives above ground. In 1820 construction began on the site of a reform prison built on the John Howard system, and that jail building occupies the castle's location today.
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