Returned to Littledean Tower, glad to see the weeds have gone a bit now and you can get easier access to the site.
"Littledean Tower was the principal residence of the Kers of Littledean, and was built on the site of an earlier fort.
Standing on the south bank of the River Tweed, the site is close to an old ford, and so may have been built to protect this river crossing. When the site was first occupied is unclear, although the remains of a prehistoric fort have been identified.
Whether or not there was a continuous period of occupation over the centuries is unknown, as the earliest portions of Littledean Tower are thought to date to two periods in the 16th century.
However there was certainly a castle here prior to that, as the Kers of Cessford made this site the principal residence of their barony of Maxton, with that branch later becoming known as the Kers of Littledean.
In the late 15th or early 16th century a Mark Ker of Littledean married a Marjorie Ainslie of Dolphinston, and Dolphinston Castle passed into the Ker family at that time." (from stravaiging.com)
You can see our previous visit to Littledean Tower here
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