84 On Edin's Hall, by John Tnrnbiill. 



importance in the seventh, century ; and if St. Bathan ever 

 visited the place, which still bears his name, he may in all pro- 

 bability have resided in Edin's Hall. 



In consequence of the suggestion of Dr Stuart, a fund was 

 raised by subscription, and the following paper contains an 

 account of the excavations which have been made from time to 

 time, and of the remains as now exposed. 



Edin's Hall lies in the parish of Dunse, on the north-eastern 

 slope of the hill called Cockburn Law, one of the range of the 

 Lammermoors, and about a mile east of Abbey St. Bathans. 

 This hill rises to the height of 1065 feet above the level of the 

 sea. From its summit an extensive prospect of the country to- 

 wards the south and east is obtained. The sea is nearly shut 

 out by the hills which terminate abruptly at St. Abb's Head, 

 and by the range of high ground extending from Ay ton to Ber- 

 wick ; but glimpses of it are got at two or three places, and the 

 view includes Eyemouth, Ayton, Berwick, Holy Island, Bam- 

 burgh, and the Yalley of the Tweed from Berwick to above 

 Coldstream, bounded on the south by the Cheviots at a distance 

 of twenty miles, and the remoter hills of the county of Eoxburgh 

 on the south-west. Edin's Hall itself is not so situated as to 

 command any expanded view. It is about 400 feet below the 

 top of the hill on which it is situated, and which bears nearly 

 S.W. ; and the look-out from it is much circumscribed by the 

 neighbouring hills ; being confined to two or three miles of the 

 Glen of the Whitadder, which is here narrow, steep, and rugged, 

 and of the Valley of the Eye. The camp at the head of Preston- 

 cleugh is a prominent object from it. It stands on a shoulder or 

 terrace, uneven in surface, and having a considerable slope to 

 the north-east. This shoulder or terrace is bounded on the 

 south-west by the acclivity of the hill ; on the north-west by a 

 deep hollow or ravine running down to the Whitadder ; on the 

 north and north-east by a very steep bank covered with heather 

 and brush-wood, at the foot of which is the Whitadder in a 

 rocky bed about 250 feet below ; and on the south-east by 

 irregular but moderately sloping ground. 



From this position of Edin's Hall, Major-Gen eral Lefroy, who 

 visited it with Mr Milne Home, says, that it appears to him that 

 it was provided against dangers apprehended from the eastward, 

 and has a relation of opposition to the circular camps on the 



