1 68 Crai^millar and its Environs. 



UII. 



$fie: inuIroKS of (^raigmiffQr. 



As indicated in a previous chapter, a magnificent 

 panorama meets the gaze of the observer from the 

 battlements of Craigmihar Castle. Dr Begg, in his 

 Statistical Account of the parish in 1839, says of 

 the castle: "It is the heart of Mid-Lothian, and 

 there is not in Britain a more commanding view of 

 rich and varied scenery, including wood, water, a 

 fine city, and a richly cultivated country, than ma}- 

 be got from it." We propose in what follows to take 

 up in order some of the salient features which thus 

 come under our notice from this coign of vantage. 



The Inch. — Looking westward from the battle- 

 ments of Craigmillar, a view of The Inch House can 

 be obtained, peeping out from amongst the trees. 



