Chesters
Chesters is a 1,565-acre country estate near Ancrum, located on the banks of the River Teviot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The estate includes a listed house, workers houses, gardens and extensive grounds. National Grid Reference NT 60842 22512.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: architectural structure in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Chesters estate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Hill and Timpendean Tower.
Castle Hill
Archaeological site
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Castle Hill is an archaeological site.
Timpendean Tower
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Timpendean Tower or Typenden Castle as it was once known, is a ruined 15th-century tower house near Lanton, around 1.5 miles north-west of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.
Fatlips Castle
Castle
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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. Fatlips Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Chesters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanton and Ancrum.
Lanton
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanton is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Jedburgh and Timpendean Tower, off the A698.
Ancrum
Village
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Ancrum is a village in the Borders area of Scotland, 5 km northwest of Jedburgh. The village — which currently has a population of around 300 — is situated just off the A68 trunk road on the B6400, which runs through Ancrum. Lilliesleaf lies 7 miles further along the B6400 and Denholm can be reached along the unclassified road which runs parallel to the River Teviot.
Jedburgh
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Jedburgh is a town in the Scottish Borders, ten miles north of the border with England. It's best known for its ruined abbey, while the countryside around is dotted with turrets and towerhouses from the medieval days of banditry.
Chesters
- Categories: country house and agriculture
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Chesters” goes by many names.
- German: “Chesters House”
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