Lost Border Reiver Towers

Published on
6 February, 2019

Synopsis:

A man searches for three lost and forgotten Reiver strongholds in the Scottish Borders. All brought to his attention by one passage in an ancient and obscure book.

Written by
Mark Nicol

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Lost Border Reiver Towers

I learned of 3 ancient Border Reiver towers (Mossburnford, Dolphiston and Crag Tower), from an old book – Brave Borderland by H Drummond Gauld.
So I just had to go and see where if anything of them survives today….

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