Newbyres Castle
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Newbyres Castle was a 16th-century tower house, in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, west of the main street.[1] The tower occupied a roughly triangular position, which was naturally defended by deeply worn water-courses.[2]
In 1543 Michael Borthwick of Glengelt acquired the land from James, Abbot of Newbattle, with the consent of the abbey's patroness, Mary, Queen of Scots, and built the property; the castle was purchased by Sir James Dundas of Arniston in 1624.[3]
By the early 20th century Newbyres was in an unsound, ruinous condition, and the local council demolished it in 1963 for reasons of 'public safety'.[4]
