Bonkyll Castle

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Bonkyll Castle
Berwickshire Scotland
The remains of Bonkyll Castle
Bonkyll Castle
Coordinates	55°49′42″N 2°18′41″W / 55.8284°N 2.31131°W / 55.8284; -2.31131
Type	Castle of Enceinte
Height	1-3m present day
Site information
Owner	Private
Open to the public	No
Condition	ruined
Site history
Built	11th century
Built by	Bonkyl, Stewart, Douglas
In use	11th–16th centuries
Materials	Stone

Bonkyll Castle (also variously spelled Bonkyl, Boncle, Buncle, Bunkle or Bonkill) was a medieval fortress situated in the historic Scottish county of Berwickshire, from 1973 the Scottish Borders. It is situated 4 miles north of Duns and 4 miles south of Grantshouse. Few traces survive and the site is protected as a scheduled monument.^[1] It was the seat of a junior branch of the Stewart family, known as "Stewart of Bonkyl", from which was descended in another junior branch "Stewart of Darnley", the paternal family of King James VI & I of Scotland and England.