The Environs of Craigmillar. 



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and that Robert the Bruce, in 1326, granted to the 

 monastery of the Blackfriars in Edinburgh six merks, 

 and enjoined them to be paid out of his mill at 

 Nether Liberton. 



Close to the western entrance to The Inch stands 

 a large dovecot, indicative of proximity to the resi- 



Dovecot and Mii,l-Dam, Nether IvIberton. 



dence of the Lord of the Barony. About three hundred 

 years ago no one was allowed to erect a dovecot except 

 owners of land. Thus, on the 28th of June 1617 an 

 Act of Parliament was passed ordaining that no person 



