Castles · Scottish Lowlands
Fulton Tower
Fulton Tower — tower house near Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Fulton Tower is a castle in the United Kingdom — fortified architecture from the medieval, Tudor, or Victorian-revival period. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "tower house near Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.4346°, -2.6250°.
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Heritage listing
Fulton Tower is a ruined 16th century tower house, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south west of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Bedrule, east of the Rule Water. Alternatively the castle may be called Rule Water or Fulton Farm.
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From the Wikipedia article
Fulton Tower is a ruined 16th century tower house, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south west of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Bedrule, east of the Rule Water. Alternatively the castle may be called Rule Water or Fulton Farm.
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Background
History
The castle belonged to the Homes. Margaret Hume of Cowdenknowes was life-rented in the lands of Fulton in 1570, before her marriage to William Turnbull, son and heir of Thomas Turnbull of Bedrule. A list of twelve places on the Rule Water burnt during the raid comprises "Rowle, Spittel, Bedrowle (Bedrule Castle), Rowlewood, The Wolles, Crossebewghe, Donnerles, Fotton (Fulton), West Leas, Two walk mylnes (two fulling mills), Troonyhill, Dupligis".
Architecture
Fulton Tower is an L-plan castle The tower is oblong but has a circular stair-tower projecting from the east angle. It measures 22.75 ft from north west to south east by 30.5 ft from north east to south west. The two surviving storeys, which are incomplete, are not vaulted. The south east wall has been demolished, as has most of the stair-tower. The other walls, built of roughly coursed harled rubble, remain to an average height of 18 ft. There is no trace of the entrance. There are two oval gunloops facing north west on the ground floor. A fireplace survives in the south west gable, while on the floor above the remains of a window facing north east can be seen, with a fireplace, with a…
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- Coordinates
- 55.4346, -2.6250
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD9 8TF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17846009 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fulton Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Fulton Tower - geograph.org.uk - 750531.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fulton Tower?
- Fulton Tower is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode TD9 8TF).
- Is Fulton Tower a listed building?
- Fulton Tower is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Does Fulton Tower charge admission?
- Fulton Tower typically charges admission. Check the official site for current ticket prices and opening hours.
- How do I get to Fulton Tower?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TD9 8TF. It sits within the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk parliamentary constituency.