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.

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

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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.