The wall, looking the opposite way towards the remains of one of the corner towers
Diagonally opposite the gatehouse is the residential part of the castle, the Tower House.
The Tower House
Interior of the Tower House. We are standing in the cellar which would have had a vaulted ceiling, with the great hall above it and the sleeping chambers on the two floors above the hall.
This view shows the outline of the vaulted cellar and its ceiling against the walls.
Looking out into the Courtyard from inside the Tower House.
Behind the castle the land begins to slope down towards the River Till, a tributary of the Tweed, which flows into the Tweed about three or four miles north of here at Tillmouth. At Tillmouth the River Tweed marks the national boundary, so we are about three or four miles into England here.
A path leads down to the river bank from where a miniature train will take you two miles upstream to the water powered corn mill at Heatherslaw.
The Lady Augusta is steam powered.
Here is a link to the Flodden battlefield pictures which I posted earlier in the season, in case you missed them.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=27784
Thats all for today folks.
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