Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Hume, Kelso HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10059 Refreshments No Postcode TD5 7TR Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hume Castle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived scottishborders Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 865 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource Hume Castle dates from the 13C as a frontier defence. It was captured in 1574, 1549, 1569 and lastly demolished in 1651 by Cromwell's artillery under Colonel Fenwick, despite the Governor's defiant statement: "I, Willie Wastle, stand firm in my castle; and a' the dogs o' your toun will no' pull Willie Wastle down". Presumably, his military judgement was as bad as his poetic one! The Earl of Marchmont built the current structure in 1794 as a folly on the line of the earlier work. A major mediaeval settlement on the south facing slope around and below the castle can also be glimpsed, however, this requires careful effort and imagination. Hume Castle will be open all day. There is an interpretative board on site and it is hoped that a local guide will be available on the day. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1794