Coats of arms of the celebrated Border chieftains are arrayed in line around the walls.

The armoury is a miniature arsenal of all arms ever wielded since the time of the Druids.

And a history attaches to nearly every one of the weapons.
History hangs its webwork everywhere.

It is built, high and low, into the face of the outside walls.

Quaint, old, carved stones from abbey and castle ruins, arms, devices and inscriptions are all here presented to the eye like the printed page of an open volume.