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<p>Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland.</p>

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<p>Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland.</p>

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<p>Scania N113CRL with Wright Endurance bodywork near Foulden Scottish Borders Scotland 19August 1995.</p>

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<p>Revisit to my 2015 Archives Photographs</p>

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<p>Deearnie back in 2015 <br />
Sliding down the hill</p>

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<p>Revisit to my 2015 Archives Photographs</p>

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<p>Revisit to my 2015 Archives Photographs</p>

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<p>Up Stream Blue Stone Ford in the foreground <br />
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<p>Revisit to my 2015 Archives Photographs</p>

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<p>Dam on the river down stream of Blue stone ford <br />
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house. In the 19th century it was embellished with turrets and battlements, designed by William Playfair, for The 6th Duke of Roxburghe. Floors has the common 18th-century layout of a main block with two symmetrical service wings. Floors Castle stands by the bank of the River Tweed and overlooks the Cheviot Hills to the south.<br />
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Floors Castle is now a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, the national listing of significant gardens in Scotland. It is open to the public. <br />
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Wikipedia</p>

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<p>Even photographing from the shadow side can produce a reasonable shot. 170402 has just crossed Lugate Water as it approaches Stow Station with 2T75 (Tweedbank to Edinburgh). Lugate Water is a tributary to Gala Water, which it joins just behind the line of trees.</p>

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<p>Stow is a passing place on the Borders Railway. 170426 is departing Stow station for Edinburgh with 2T79 (on time) and 170401 is approaching Stow station with 2T80 for Tweedbank (running 4 minutes late).</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/62445171@N00/">arjayempee</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>So, from photos of a ruined Highland castle taken 3 years ago (2022), I am jumping forward to photos of a ruined tower (or site thereof) taken in the Borders a week ago! For those that follow this site (and I am gratified that so many do!) and expect to see spectacular scenery and soaring walls and turrets, I apologise in advance, because I am travelling through the Scottish border region, where the ratio of complete castles to ruins is lower than any other part of the country. As I wind my way through back-lanes of this pretty countryside, I have been pondering why? <br />
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Two reasons come to mind. Firstly, this is the most invaded area of Scotland. In the early days of great English invasions, and the later days of punitive English raids, the Borders were the first, and often the only, area to feel the effects. Many of the ruins throughout the Border region remain as the English left them.<br />
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Secondly, while there is good farmland in the area, many of the farms are poor upland farms, that built castles / bastles / pele towers and pele houses that were small, functional and not fancy. In consequence, when everyone became friends in 1603 or 1702 or whenever it was, and such places were no longer needed, they were promptly abandoned for more comfortable farm houses, and the stone from the old towers used to built the new houses.<br />
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So, as I travel through the Borders, you are going to see a lot of turf covered wall footings such as this!<br />
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This place (where the pair of trees are!) is/was called Upper Corsock Tower and lies on a sheep grazed hillside on the west side of the Urr Water, some 7 miles north of Castle Douglas and a mile and a half south of the microscopic village of Corsock, on what I guess is now the land of Halcroft Farm.</p>

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<p>Upper Corsock appears, from observation here and from a drawing made in the 1970s, to have consisted of 2-1/2 sides of a courtyard. The centre of the small court was where the tree stump is, just left of centre. The tower was the rectangular area to the right of the stump, with the large tree at its far end. <br />
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The tower appears to have been connected to a long east facing building, which extends left to the smaller tree, whereupon a small building completes half of the left or north side.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland. <br />
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Wikipedia</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p>

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