192 Craiginillar and its Environs. 



stones or other missiles could be dropped upon assail- 

 ants. The only thing in the shape of ornament in the 

 Tower is the sideboard of the hall in the south wall, 

 which has an ogee-headed opening, and is clearly in- 

 dicative of the fifteenth century. As already noted. 



View from the Braids. 



the Dalmahoys of that ilk possessed Over Liberton 

 as early as 1453, and antiquarians are of opinion 

 that the Tower was in all probability built by that 

 family. 



The Braids. — To the west of the Barony of Over 



