Drochil Castle

Drochil Castle is a ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It is located above the Lyne Water, 10 kilometres north-west of Peebles, and 8 kilometres south of West Linton.

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland, started building Drochil Castle in 1578, three years before his execution by King James VI. It was no more than half built on his death and was never finished.

The castle, consisting of four storeys and a garret, was as much a palace as a castle, as Morton intended to retire here from worldly business. The castle is of exceptional interest because of its design as a "double-tenement" with a wide central corridor running through the building from end to end on every storey.