Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
By:  Brian C. Mack
Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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HERMITAGE
CASTLE

HERMITAGE
CASTLE

Hermitage Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1200s
Associated Clans / Families:
Dacre, Soulis, Graham, Hepburn, Stewart, then Scott
 

Hermitage Castle is described as the ‘Guardhouse of the Bloodiest Valley in Britain.’  Located on the
 border of Scotland and England,
Hermitage is named after a holy man who lived by the nearby Liddel Water.  The stonework began during the 13^th century with a keep added in the 14^th century.  Hermitage was besieged in 1320,
restored by 1390, and further fortified in the 15^th century.  Having fallen into ruin by the early 1700s, the castle underwent partial restoration later that century.  The

painting is based on a 2006 view.

Pictured:

Hermitage Castle   9" x 16" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

Prophecies

A Legend of Hermitage Castle

. . .  Rory was well-positioned to overhear the Wizard describing the Redcap to William:  This creature is a kind of goblin, native to the Lowlands  of Scotland; they are rare but not impossible to fined.  Once one is summoned, he roams the area, killing in order to keep fresh the blood stains on his hat:  if the stains dry then the Redcap dies.  The creatures are very quick, despite their metal-bound boots and heavy pick.  The only way to escape one one is to quote a passage from the Holy Bible, whereupon it loses on of its teeth and becomes distracted.  Nevertheless, I must warn that the Redcap is to be feared . . .

Told from the perspective

of Torradan Crosar 

Hermitage Castle is included in the Lowlands Map.

Map:

 Castles & Clans:
Scottish Lowlands

                                            
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