Fatlips Castle
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.Photo: Steelecf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm and Denholm, Westgate, War Memorial.
Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm
Monument
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fatlips Castle.
Denholm, Westgate, War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denholm, Westgate, War Memorial is situated 2 miles southwest of Fatlips Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denholm and Bedrule.
Denholm
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Denholm is a small village located between Jedburgh and Hawick in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. The estimated population of Denholm is 600. There is a village green in the centre. Denholm is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fatlips Castle.
Bedrule
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedrule is a hamlet and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The hamlet lies on the east side of the Rule Water, which gave the village its name, about 4 miles west of Jedburgh. Bedrule is situated 2 miles southeast of Fatlips Castle.
Hassendean
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hassendean is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders south of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stream is the Hassendean Burn which flows down to the River Teviot five miles away. Hassendean is situated 2½ miles west of Fatlips Castle.
Fatlips Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: 16th-century tower house in Scotland
- Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.48005° or 55° 28′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.6629° or 2° 39′ 46″ westInception
1857Height
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C7VF8JP+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 360803045OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5437900
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Fatlips Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Fatlips Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Fatlips”
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