240 Craigmillar and its Environs. 



of Drum belonged to the Hemes family, but it 

 eventually came into the possession of the Somervilles, 

 through Sir Walter de Somerville marrying, in 1375, 

 Giles, only surviving daughter and heiress of Sir John 



Drum House. 



Herries, and sister of Margaret, who, as already 

 mentioned, so unhappily perished in the Burndale 

 tragedy. 



"Drum" signifies the ridge of a hill, and from 



