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The smooth front presented to the world by Hermitage
Hermitage is an easily defensible, monolithic tower from the front

It's easy to see the original corner towers that were joined to make this single, block-like tower. From the back, the towers are a bit more obvious, but the caretaker painted a clear picture of this fortress, bristling with a wooden walkway, and guarded from all sides.

A stair tower, long since collapsed
A small stair tower, nearly completed collapsed

One of the corner towers
One of the corner towers, with only tiny windows and gunloops

Hermitage
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Hermitage
5 miles north of Newcastleton
off B6357
Historic Scotland

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