{{Short description|Ruined fortified house in the Scottish Borders}} [[File:Elibank Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2026524.jpg|thumb|300px|Elibank Castle near Walkerburn]]

[[File:Cultivation Terraces, Elibank Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2037954.jpg|thumb|300px|Garden terraces at Elibank Castle]]

'''Elibank Castle''' is a ruined fortified house dating from the late 16th century. It stands south of the [[River Tweed]] and the A72, around 3km east of [[Walkerburn]] in the [[Scottish Borders]]. The ruins are a [[scheduled monument]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ancientmonuments.uk/119894-elibank-castle-tweeddale-east-ward|title=Elibank Castle, Tweeddale East, Scottish Borders|website=ancientmonuments.uk|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>

==History==

In 1511 [[King James IV of Scotland|King James IV]] granted a charter to Catherine Douglas, widow of John Liddale, and her son John Liddale, of farmland and forests at Aleburn or Eliburn, on provision that the family built a stone house, barn, [[doocot]] and cattlesheds on the land to secure it. In 1594 the house passed to [[Gideon Murray|Gideon Murray of Glenpoit]] (the neighbouring estate) who built a castle there around 1595 giving it the name Elibank. From him, the house passed to a series of [[Lord Elibank]]. The building was ruinous by 1722.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/53125/elibank-castle|title=Elibank Castle &#124; Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>

==Gardens==

At the [[Union of the Crowns]] in 1603, a number of courtiers and administrators improved their gardens in Scotland following European models.<ref>Marilyn M. Brown & Michael Pearce, "The Gardens of Moray House, Edinburgh", ''Garden History'', 47:1 (2019), p. 47.</ref> As such, Gideon Murray, who was [[Treasurer of Scotland|depute-treasurer in Scotland]], constructed an Italianate series of terraces on three sides of the Castle, amongst the grandest in Scotland.<ref>Marilyn Brown, ''Scotland's Lost Gardens'' (Edinburgh: RCAHMS, 2015), pp. 143, 160–162.</ref>

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[[Category:Castles in the Scottish Borders]] [[Category:Scheduled monuments in the Scottish Borders]] [[Category:Tweeddale]]