Timpendean Tower
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.Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jedburgh Sheriff Court and Jedburgh Town Hall.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court
Courthouse
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court, formerly County Buildings, is a judicial building in the Market Square in Jedburgh in Scotland. The building, which continues to be used as a courthouse, is a Category B listed building. Jedburgh Sheriff Court is situated 1½ miles southeast of Timpendean Tower.
Jedburgh Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jedburgh Public Hall known as Jedburgh Town Hall is a listed building in the centre of Jedburgh opposite the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey. It was opened in 1900 as the town's principal public building. It overlooks a large car park which is beside the A68. Jedburgh Town Hall is situated 1½ miles southeast of Timpendean Tower.
Jedburgh Library
Library
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jedburgh Library was last housed in the second building built for Andrew Carnegie in Jedburgh at a cost of £1,700. It was one of the many libraries built by Carnegie. Jedburgh Library is situated 1½ miles southeast of Timpendean Tower.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
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.
Timpendean Tower
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.49631° or 55° 29′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.57838° or 2° 34′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C7VFCWC+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 208926097OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7807649
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Timpendean Tower” goes by many names.
- German: “Timpendean Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre Timpendean”
- Turkish: “Timpendean Kulesi”
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