Ancrum
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Hill and Timpendean Tower.
Castle Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law
Historic site
Photo: Graham Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanton and Jedburgh.
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. Lanton is situated 2 miles south of Ancrum.
Jedburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Nisbet
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Nisbet is situated 3 miles east of Ancrum.
Ancrum
- Type: Village with 392 residents
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, on Ale Water
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.51351° or 55° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.58973° or 2° 35′ 23″ westPopulation
392Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)Open location code
9C7VGC76+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 842255422OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657327Wikidata ID
Q3997506
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From Basque to Welsh—“Ancrum” goes by many names.
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