Minto
Minto is a village and parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Roxburghshire county. It is located 6 miles north-east of Hawick, north of the River Teviot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 322 residents
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Minto, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fatlips Castle and Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm.
Fatlips Castle
Castle
Photo: Steelecf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fatlips Castle is a peel tower in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. Situated at the top of Minto Crags, above the River Teviot, it was built in the 16th century by the Turnbulls of Barnhills, notorious Border reivers, and owners of nearby Barnhills Tower and farm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denholm and Hassendean.
Denholm
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Denholm is a small village located between Jedburgh and Hawick in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. The estimated population of Denholm is 600. There is a village green in the centre.
Hassendean
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hassendean is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders south of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stream is the Hassendean Burn which flows down to the River Teviot five miles away.
Bedrule
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedrule is a hamlet and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The hamlet lies on the east side of the Rule Water, which gave the village its name, about 4 miles west of Jedburgh. Bedrule is situated 2½ miles southeast of Minto.
Minto
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.47359° or 55° 28′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.68788° or 2° 41′ 16″ westPopulation
322Elevation
476 feet (145 metres)Open location code
9C7VF8F6+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 21757414OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642429Wikidata ID
Q2468490
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Minto” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Minto”
- Dutch: “Minto”
- French: “Minto”
- Swedish: “Minto”
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Highlights include Minto Kirk and Minto Golf Course.
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