Chesters Glen

Chesters Glen is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Chesters Glen is situated nearby to the hamlet Chesters Cottages, as well as near Chesters Grange.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fatlips Castle and Castle Hill.

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.

Castle Hill

Archaeological site

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Castle Hill is an archaeological site.

Timpendean Tower

Ruins

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jedburgh and Ancrum.

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.

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.