Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lanton

Lanton, a village in Jedburgh parish, Roxburghshire, on the NW slope of Lanton Hill (923 feet), 3 miles WNW of Jedburgh town. It has an old peel tower and a public school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Jedburgh Parish       Roxburghshire County

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