Lanton Tower

Lanton Tower is a residential building in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Lanton Tower is situated nearby to Lanton Community Garden, as well as near the forest Dukes Covert.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Timpendean Tower and Fatlips Castle.

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. Timpendean Tower is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Lanton Tower.

Fatlips Castle

Castle

Photo: Steelecf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 west of Lanton Tower.

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 2 miles east of Lanton 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

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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. Ancrum is situated 2 miles north of Lanton Tower.

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.

Lanton Tower

Type: Residential building
Category: building
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.486° or 55° 29′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.60586° or 2° 36′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C7VF9PV+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 237314419

OpenStreetMap feature

building=residential

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