Roxburgh

The medieval royal burgh of Roxburgh stood near the meeting of the Tweed and Teviot in the Scottish Borders. Its castle guarded a strategically important position near the English frontier, while the burgh was a centre of trade and royal authority.

Scotland and England repeatedly contested the castle. In 1460 James II besieged its English garrison but was killed when one of his own cannon burst. The Scots captured and demolished the fortress; his young son James III was crowned at nearby Kelso Abbey. The old burgh had declined, and the evidence for its condition at the time of the siege is uncertain.