Upper Nisbet Moor

Upper Nisbet Moor is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Upper Nisbet Moor is situated nearby to the hamlet Rutherford Burnside, as well as near Pirnie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peniel Heugh and Wallace’s Tower.

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. Peniel Heugh is situated 1½ miles southwest of Upper Nisbet Moor.

Wallace’s Tower

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wallace's Tower is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house, about 3 miles south west Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, in Roxburgh, west of the River Teviot. Wallace’s Tower is situated 2½ miles northeast of Upper Nisbet Moor.

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. Waterloo Monument is situated 1½ miles southwest of Upper Nisbet Moor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nisbet and Roxburgh.

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 1½ miles south of Upper Nisbet Moor.

Roxburgh

Village

Roxburgh is a village off the A699, by the River Teviot, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of Roxburgh, the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village. Roxburgh is situated 2½ miles northeast of Upper Nisbet Moor.