
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fatlips Castle as Tower House (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Fatlips Castle was a 16th-century tower house, likely built by a local landholding family in the Scottish Borders region. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the period, reflecting the turbulent history of border conflicts between England and Scotland.
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Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0