Nisbet
Nisbet is a small hamlet on the B6400, in Roxburghshire, along the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located 5.5 kilometres north of Jedburgh and 5 kilometres south of Roxburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village & parish in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Nisbet, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peniel Heugh and Waterloo Monument.
Peniel Heugh
Peak
Photo: Mainlymazza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peniel Heugh is a hill near Ancrum and Nisbet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On it stands the Waterloo Monument. It was also the site of an Iron Age hillfort.
Waterloo Monument
Monument
Photo: Ozo, Public domain.
The Waterloo Monument near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders is a 150-foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. It was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, after the original monument designed by William Burn collapsed.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law
Historic site
Photo: Graham Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law is a historic site, which is situated 2½ miles west of Nisbet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crailing and Eckford.
Crailing
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crailing is a village on the A698, in Teviotdale, 4m east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the historic county of Roxburghshire.
Eckford
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eckford is a small village located between the larger towns of Kelso and Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. The village is in close proximity to both the River Teviot and its tributary the Kale Water, and the A698 and the B6401 which run approximately parallel to the respective rivers. Eckford is situated 2 miles east of Nisbet.
Kalemouth
Locality
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalemouth is a place in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, where the Kale Water joins the River Teviot, near to Eckford, Cessford, Crailing, Kelso, and Roxburgh. Kalemouth is situated 2½ miles northeast of Nisbet.
Nisbet
- Categories: parish and locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.52445° or 55° 31′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.51864° or 2° 31′ 7″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C7VGFFJ+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1628339197OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Nisbet” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nisbet”
- Dutch: “Nisbet”
- French: “Nisbet”
- Japanese: “ニスベット”
- Western Frisian: “Nisbet”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Nisbet and Palace Farm Cottages.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nisbet Church and Undercleugh Plantation.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nisbet”. Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.