Hailes Castle
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Hailes Castle is one of the
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oldest stone castles surviving
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in Scotland. Parts of it date from
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before 1300. Hugo de Gourley
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also had lands in Northumbria
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and supported the English in the
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Wars of Independence. His castle
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was forfeited and given to the
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Hepburns who retained it until 1567
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when they too lost ownership.
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It was the Hepburns who turned
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the castle into what was described
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as "a house of verie good strengthe".
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by the English governor of Berwick.
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They built the huge Curtain Wall
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and added the 4 storey West Tower
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It passed to the Stewarts and then
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the Setons, both powerful families.
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Hailes was attacked from time to
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time, notably in 1446 by the pro-English
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Archibald Dumbar who "slew all that
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he found therin". Cromwell's army
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is said to have dismantled it in 1650.
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Hailes is an interesting castle to
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explore. When you approach it from
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the minor road it does not look to be
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that big, but as you walk nearer you
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start seeing more and more of it's
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Album Description:
Hailes Castle is in East Lothian a few miles away from both Haddington or East Linton.
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Uploaded by: ElizabethMcD
In Webshots channel: travel - Album created: Jun 9, 2007
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