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Craigmillar and its Environs. 



note that the barony is held of the Crown in free 

 blench for payment of two pennies Scots — i.e., 2-i2ths 

 of a penny sterling — at Whitsunday yearly, at the 

 tower, fortalice, and manor place of Craigmillar, in 

 name of blench duty — if asked only. There is no 



View from Craigmili^ar — Looking East. 



reservation as to the giving up of the castle for a 

 royal residence, as has been asserted by some writers. 

 That it possesses all the natural features associated 

 with a royal residence is indisputable. Few sites in 



