Fatlips Castle

Scottish Borders, Scotland

Fatlips Castle is a tower house in Scottish Borders, Scotland, first built in 1600. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Barnhills Tower, 0.5 mi away.

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Fatlips Castle at a glance

Built

1600

16th century

Type

Tower house

Heritage status

scheduled monument

Nearest castle

Barnhills Tower

0.5 mi away

About 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.
From the Wikipedia article on Fatlips Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fatlips Castle sits at 55.4800, -2.6629 in Scottish Borders. The closest other castles are Barnhills Tower (0.5 mi), Bedrule Castle (2.1 mi) and Lanton Tower (2.2 mi). Scottish Borders has 66 castles in all.