Report of Meetings for 188G. By J. Hardy. 



Drummelzier Castle. 

 not far from the Tweed, and nearly surrounded by wood, most 

 of it ash. This ruin and the proper t} r adjacent, it is said once 

 belonged to the Yeitches, who were "harried" by the Tweedies 

 [more authentically it belonged to the Frasers in 1261, and was 

 bestowed by Robert Bruce upon Roger, son of Finlay of 

 Twyddyn in Lanarkshh'e, the first of the Tweedies] a turbulent 

 race, who have not survived the quietness that followed the 

 Union of England and Scotland. From their hands it passed, 

 early in the 17th century, into those of the Hays, the Duns 

 Castle branch of that family possessing it till 1831, when Sir 

 James Montgomery purchased it, but relinquished it in favour of 

 a Mr "White, whose descendant now owns it. It appears to have 

 been a strong place ; there are shot holes below the windows, 

 and there was a means of surrounding it with water from the 

 Tweed. It is built of rough greywacke stones of all shapes and 

 sizes ; only the slabs above the small windows, disposed arch- 

 ways side by side, and the facings of the windows and the shot 

 holes beneath them being of hewn red sandstone. It is not de- 

 fensible from artillery, being commanded from two positions. It 

 is utterly uncared for, and appears to be falling into a state of 

 decay, from which it might be easily preserved, as the walls 

 merely require pointing. Mugwort was growing on the walls of 

 the ruin, and Good King Henry round the base. 



