Annotation:Hume Castle (2)

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 HUME CASTLE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing in Daniel Dow's (1732-83) A Collection of Ancient Scots Music for the Violin, Harpsichord, or German Flute never before printed (1775, Edinburgh, p. 20). A tune called "Hume Castle" also appears in the Thomas Calvert Collection of 1799. Calvert was a musician from Kelso, Scotland (near Hume), and a note with the collection states that Calvert supplied "a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun'd and repaired." Hume Castle was once the seat of the Hume/Home family, and the original structure dates from the 13th century. The medieval building was destroyed by Cromwell's artillery in 1651. In 1794 the Earl of Marchmont built a new castle on the same foundations, however, it appears that it was never completed (or only meant for show) and remained only a shell that may be seen today from Marchmont and other points in the border region between Scotland and England. The castle site commands exquisite views and was used as a lookout and beacon station from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. [[File:hume.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Viewed in evening light from Hume Craigs.

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