Old Photographs Cowdenknowes Scotland

Old photograph of Cowdenknowes, Scotland. Cowdenknowes House is a mansion located on the east bank of the leader water south of Earlston in Berwickshire. The present house stands on the site of a Douglas stronghold and has been substantially added to and remodelled in the late 18th century, and again in 1820 and the 1880s. Mary Queen of Scots spent several days at Cowdenknowes at Earlston in October 1566, while en route to Jedburgh. Two years after the visit she was imprisoned for 18 years until her execution in 1587.

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