Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fatlips Castle

Fatlips Castle, an ancient fortalice in Symington parish, Lanarkshire, on a spur projecting from the SE skirt of Tinto Hill, 2 miles NNE of Wiston. It is now represented by only a piece of wall about 6 feet high and fully 6 feet thick.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Symington Parish       Lanarkshire County

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