Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by ruined Hirendean Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Midlothian, Britain, United Kingdom. It is a ruined 16th century peel tower located in the Moorfoot Hills. In the middle of the 12th century, around 1140, King David I granted the surrounding lands of Moorfoot, historically recorded as Herringden or Herendene, to the Cistercian monks of Newbattle Abbey. Following the Reformation, the monastic estates were secularised. In 1587, the lands were formally granted to Mark Kerr, the son of Newbattle Abbey's final commendator, who later became the 1st Earl of Lothian. The peel tower was constructed in the late 16th century, likely by Mark Kerr as a fortified residence or hunting lodge for his eldest son, Robert Kerr. Hirendean Castle is notorious for a dark event in 1624. Facing severe financial ruin and personal turmoil, Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian, died inside the tower. Following Robert's death, the castle largely faded from prominent historical records. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30
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