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Mary Queen of Scots' Visitor Centre

Museums & Exhibitions
A 16th century bastle house

About Mary Queen of Scots' Visitor Centre

Mary's month in Jedburgh in 1566 was a turning point in her life. She heard that James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, lay injured at Hermitage Castle. She took a hazardous journey to see him and returned ill from the experience. Later while awaiting execution at Fotheringhay, she herself lamented, 'would that I had died at Jedhart (Old name for Jedburgh)

The house sits in attractive gardens, home to some of Jedburgh's famous pear trees, descendants of the original pear trees planted around Jedburgh Abbey in the early 1800s.

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