#26 Borthwick Castle
Midlothian, Scotland
1430
This is NOT an official Lego site

Borthwick Castle is a massive tower that is the most imposing in Scotland. Built by Lord Borthwick near Edinburgh in 1430, the castle is in the shape of a C, with the back measuring 71' and the slightly longer arm 68'. The tower is 100' tall. The castle was later enclosed by a curtain wall with a large cylindrical tower guarding the entrance gate. The 9th Lord Borthwick, a staunch royalist, refused to surrender the castle until Cromwell started the actual bombardment with his cannon.

The castle is now a 10-room luxury hotel. Two of the rooms are in the cylindrical tower at the entrance (see upper right). All four photographs were taken during our brief visit on a rainy morning in August 2000. My attempt to make reservations a year in advance were aced out by the wedding party whose elegant breakfast is shown in the picture on the lower right. Next time I'll call two years in advance!

General & Ground Plan	First Floor Plan	Second Floor Plan	Third Floor Plan

Photos of the Lego Model Built July 1989
Northwest View	Southeast View	South Southwest View

Build Your Own
Top Down	Entrance Detail

Other Borthwick pages:
http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/Castles/Borthwick.htm
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/gscrp/Borth.html
http://www.celticcastles.com/castles/borthwic/index.html

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