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Markle Castle, the Glossary

Markle Castle, or Markle is a ruined 14th-century castle, about near the hamlet of Markle, north west of East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, near the East Coast Main Line.^[1]

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Castles in East Lothian

Annie Cameron

Annie Isabella Cameron (1897-1973), later Annie Dunlop, was a Scottish historian.

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Óengus II

Óengus mac Fergusa (Angus MacFergus; Irish Onuist, Latinised Hungus) was king of the Picts from 820 until 834.

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Burning of Edinburgh

The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 by an English army was the first major action of the war of the Rough Wooing.

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

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Clan Stewart

Clan Stewart (Gaelic: Stiùbhart) is a Scottish Highland and Lowland clan.

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Courtyard

A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky.

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Ditch

A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water.

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East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.

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East Linton is a village and former police burgh in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the River Tyne and A199 road (former A1 road) five miles east of Haddington, with an estimated population of in.

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East Lothian

East Lothian (Aest Lowden; Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area.

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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (150022 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.

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English Army

The English Army existed while England was an independent state and was at war with other states, but it was not until the Interregnum and the New Model Army (raised by Parliament to defeat the Royalists in the English Civil War) that England acquired a peacetime professional standing army.

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Flag of Scotland

The flag of Scotland (bratach na h-Alba; Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field.

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Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell

Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell (c. December 1562 – November 1612), was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland.

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George II, Earl of March

George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of Dunbar & March, 13th Lord of Annandale, and Lord of the Isle of Man (c. 1370 – after 1457), was the last of his family to hold these titles.

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Great Seal of Scotland

The Great Seal of Scotland (Seala Mòr na h-Alba) is a principal national symbol of Scotland that allows the monarch to authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually.

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Haddington, East Lothian

The Royal Burgh of Haddington (Haidintoun, Baile Adainn) is a town in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Hailes Castle

Hailes Castle is a mainly 14th century castle about a mile and a half south-west of East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. Markle Castle and Hailes Castle are castles in East Lothian.

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Hall

In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls.

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Henry Percy (Hotspur)

Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur or Harry Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War.

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Hepburn (surname)

Hepburn is a family name of the Anglo-Scottish border, that is associated with a variety of notable people, eponyms, places, and things.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Lennoxlove House

Lennoxlove House is a historic house set in woodlands half a mile south of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. Markle Castle and Lennoxlove House are castles in East Lothian.

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List of castles in Scotland

This is a list of castles in Scotland.

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Markle, East Lothian

Markle is a hamlet in East Lothian, Scotland, East of Edinburgh and close to the village of East Linton.

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Maureen Meikle

Maureen M. Meikle (1961-2023) was an academic historian.

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Morham

Morham, East Lothian, sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest (agricultural) parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, Garvald, Yester, Whittingehame, and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the Lammermuir Hills.

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Prestonpans

Prestonpans (Baile an t-Sagairt., Scots: The Pans) is a small mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the council area of East Lothian.

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Rough Wooing

The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Stenton

Stenton (Staneton) is a parish and village in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Thomas Thomson (advocate)

Thomas Thomson FRSE FSA Scot (10 November 1768 – 2 October 1852) was a Scottish advocate, antiquarian and archivist who served as Principal Clerk of Session (1828–1852) and as secretary of the literary section of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1812–20).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markle_Castle

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Castles in East Lothian

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