Bite-about Pele

#6576 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Bite-about is a very ruined pele tower or bastle house. It is situated in the parish of Eccles, between the villages of Fogo and Swinton to the south of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. ()

Built: XVI centuryCoordinates: 55°42'49"N, 2°20'44"W

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Bite-about Pele – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hume Castle, Coldstream Bridge, Manderston House, Blackadder House.

5.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Hume Castle, Greenlaw
151 min walk • Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
5.7 miSE
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
147 min walk • Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
5 miN
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Manderston House, Duns
129 min walk • Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of The Rt Hon. The 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver-plated staircase.
6.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Blackadder House
163 min walk • Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. The house was vandalised by troops in World War I. Since there was no money to repair it, the house was demolished around 1925.
4.8 miN
Nature and wildlife, Park, Reportedly haunted
Duns Castle, Duns
123 min walk • Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320.
5.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Wark on Tweed Castle
142 min walk • Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.
7.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dirrington Great Law
188 min walk • Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around 2.5 kilometres south of Longformacus and 9 kilometres west of Duns.
2.9 miN
Forts and castles
Nisbet House
74 min walk • Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, 2.5 kilometres south of Duns, in the Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwickshire.
5.7 miSE
55°39'2"N • 2°15'3"W
Coldstream Museum, Coldstream
146 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.1 miN
Forts and castles
Wedderburn Castle
105 min walk • Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th-century country house that is now used as a wedding and events venue.
4.5 miNW
Forts and castles
Langton Castle
115 min walk • Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.