lo Craigmillar and its Environs. 



The main roof is very flat, and was originally 

 covered with overlapping stones, the under stone 

 being wrought with a groove along the sides of its 

 upper surface. Two rows thus wrought were laid 

 in their sloping position, with a space between for 

 the overlapping stones, which extended over the 

 grooves, the object of this being that rain blown in 

 beneath the edges of the overlapping row^ would be 

 caught in the groove, and thus run down to the 

 carefully formed gutter. Prior to 1884 the roof was 

 in a very dilapidated condition, in consequence of rain 

 and snow getting in, the stones of some of the line 

 arches were being dislodged by frost, and it was very 

 apparent that unless steps were taken to preserve the 

 ruin, it would soon become a shadowy relic of the past. 



In the spring of the year referred to, the Edinburgh 

 Architectural Association paid a visit to Craigmillar, 

 and reported the matter to Mr Little Gilmour. With 

 great public spirit, and at very considerable expense, 

 that gentleman had extensive repairs carried out 

 on the building, care being taken that no damp 

 should get down through the masonry. As only a 



