
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fatlips Castle as Castle (medieval). 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 medieval stronghold, likely built in the 14th or 15th century, and is remembered as an example of early Scottish castle architecture in a region with a history of clan conflict and territorial disputes. Its precise builder is unknown, but it may have been held by local landowners or minor nobility.
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Places near here
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Wyndales HouseHotel (period Unassigned) · 943 yd
Wee HillMountain / peak · 1460 yd
Cottage WoodWood · 1572 yd
Tinto CairnCairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 1697 yd
Brakenhurst StripForest · 1.2 mi
Totherin HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Lamington TowerCastle (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval) · 1.5 mi
Lamington, Lamington MainsFarmstead (19th Century) · 1.5 mi
Castle HillEarthwork (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Thankerton, Sherifflats RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.3 mi
Thankerton, Boat FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Alan O'Dowd · CC BY-SA 2.0