List of castles in the Scottish BordersThis is a list of castles in the Scottish Borders.ListNameTypeDateConditionOwnershipLocationNotesPictureAyton CastleOccupiedBillie CastleCourtyard castleRuinBorthwick CastleL-plan castleSiteNear DunsBranxholme CastleTower houseOccupiedCessford CastleRuinCorsbie Castle16th centuryRuinNear Gordon, Scottish BordersCranshaws TowerOccupiedCavers CastleTower1200Ruin-Drochil CastleRuinDryhope TowerRuinDuns CastleOccupiedEdrington CastleRuinEvelaw TowerL-plan16th centuryRuinFast Castlecourtyard castleRuinHall family open: freeColdinghamFatlips CastleUndergoing restorationFerniehirst CastleOccupiedFloors Castlehouse1721OccupiedDuke of RoxburgheKelsoruins of Roxburgh castle in the groundsFulton TowerL-plan castle16th centuryRuinGreenknowe TowerRuinHermitage CastlekeepRuinHistoric ScotlandNewcastletonHume CastleRuinGreenlawJedburgh Castledemolished 1409JedburghReplaced by a baronial-style jailKirkhope TowerOccupiedLamberton CastleNo remainsLanton TowerTower House16th centuryOccupiedLauder TowerTower House15th centuryNo remainsMangerton TowerTower House16th centuryRuinMervinslaw PelePele towerRuinMuircleuch TowerRuinsNeidpath Castlekeep14th centurySemi-ruinousprivate ownership; open regularlyPeeblesExtensively remodelled in 16th centuryNewark CastleRuinNisbet HouseHouse1630RestorationPrivateDunsWest Tower added 1774Old Lauder Castle11th CenturyNo remainsOld Thirlestane CastleRuinsPeebles Castle12th centuryNo remainsPeeblesPosso Tower16th centuryRuinRoxburgh CastleRuinSmailholm TowerHistoric ScotlandThirlestane CastleOccupiedTraquair Housefortified houseoccupiedprivate ownership; open regularlyTushielaw TowerTower house16th centuryRuinVenlawOccupiedWallace's TowerL-plan castle16th centuryRuinWedderburn CastleOccupiedWhitslaid TowerRuin