# Elibank Castle

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Ruined fortified house in the Scottish Borders

Elibank Castle near Walkerburn

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](/source/River_Tweed) and the A72, around 3km east of [Walkerburn](/source/Walkerburn) in the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders). The ruins are a [scheduled monument](/source/Scheduled_monument).[1]

## History

In 1511 [King James IV](/source/King_James_IV_of_Scotland) 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](/source/Doocot) and cattlesheds on the land to secure it. In 1594 the house passed to [Gideon Murray of Glenpoit](/source/Gideon_Murray) (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](/source/Lord_Elibank). The building was ruinous by 1722.[2]

## Gardens

At the [Union of the Crowns](/source/Union_of_the_Crowns) in 1603, a number of courtiers and administrators improved their gardens in Scotland following European models.[3] As such, Gideon Murray, who was [depute-treasurer in Scotland](/source/Treasurer_of_Scotland), constructed an Italianate series of terraces on three sides of the Castle, amongst the grandest in Scotland.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Elibank Castle, Tweeddale East, Scottish Borders"](https://ancientmonuments.uk/119894-elibank-castle-tweeddale-east-ward). *ancientmonuments.uk*. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Elibank Castle | Canmore"](https://canmore.org.uk/site/53125/elibank-castle). *canmore.org.uk*. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Marilyn M. Brown & Michael Pearce, "The Gardens of Moray House, Edinburgh", *Garden History*, 47:1 (2019), p. 47.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Marilyn Brown, *Scotland's Lost Gardens* (Edinburgh: RCAHMS, 2015), pp. 143, 160–162.

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