Fatlips Castle
📍 Scottish Borders, Scotland
About
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. In 1545, during the War of the Rough Wooing, the Earl of Hertford burned "Mantoncrake", or Mynto Crag.
A 16th-century peel tower built by the Turnbull family on the dramatic summit of Minto Crags in the Scottish Borders. The name 'Fatlips' may derive from a Turnbull chief. Restored by the Elliot family in the 19th century and again in the 20th. Reached by a steep walk through woodland. The views from the top over Teviotdale are outstanding.
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