page_title: Blanerne Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Blanerne Castle
caption_attribution_description: English: The remains of Blanerne Castle near Edrom Set in Crow Wood a short distance to the southwest of Blanerne House and the original seat of the Lumsdaine family. The 16th century castle is a scheduled monument. Viewed from a minor road near Todheugh Farm.
context_page_description: Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders. The house and castle sit on the north bank of the Whiteadder Water, around 6 kilometres north-east of Duns.
  The castle was the historical seat of the Lumsdaine family for over four centuries. The surviving remains are dated to the 16th century, although the site may have been occupied as far back as the 12th century. The remains include a keep or kitchen block, with a detached guard house to the west. The castle is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
  A popular Berwickshire rhyme refers to the medieval strengths of Blanerne and the nearby fortresses of Billie Castle, and Bonkyll Castle referring to their construction in the time of David I and their destruction following the Rough wooing:
  Bunkle, Billie and Blanerne
  Three castles strong as airn
  Built when Davie was a Bairn
  Theyll all gang doon,
  Wi Scotland's Croon
  An ilka ane shall be a cairn
context_section_description: Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders. The house and castle sit on the north bank of the Whiteadder Water, around 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-east of Duns. 
  The castle was the historical seat of the Lumsdaine family for over four centuries. The surviving remains are dated to the 16th century, although the site may have been occupied as far back as the 12th century. The remains include a keep or kitchen block, with a detached guard house to the west. The castle is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
  A popular Berwickshire rhyme refers to the medieval strengths of Blanerne and the nearby fortresses of Billie Castle, and Bonkyll Castle referring to their construction in the time of David I and their destruction following the Rough wooing:
  Bunkle, Billie and Blanerne
  Three castles strong as airn
  Built when Davie was a Bairn
  Theyll all gang doon,
  Wi Scotland's Croon
  An ilka ane shall be a cairn
caption: Ruins of Blanerne Castle
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