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Ruin of Wrae Castle. 



On tke cultivated slopes a quarter of a mile above it, facing to 

 the north-east, like an isolated pillar, stand the remains of Wrae 

 Castle. " This sole remaining portion of the old feudal keep, is 

 the angle of the building which had contained the staircase, 

 and additionally strong on this account, it has been more suc- 

 cessful in defying the weather, than the rest of the castle has 

 been in resisting the operations which have transformed its 

 materials into dykes for the neighbouring fields." (W. Chambers). 

 Armstrong in his book, " A Companion to the Map of the County 

 of Peebles," 1775, writes, — "Wrae, is the ruins of a lairdship 

 or peel-house, formei'ly possessed by a branch of the Geddeses 

 of Radian." This is a mistake; of old it belonged to the 

 Tweedies. 



Drummeizier was the farthest point reached in this excursion. 

 On the steep slopes above Mossfennan, which lay out of sight, is 

 a dark fir wood, marked " Shoulder" in the Maps, and nearer 

 to Wrae "the glitter" of a slate quarry. Streaks of purple 

 heather, and patches of bare rock appeared on the high Drum- 

 meizier peaks. The hill itself is on an immense scale. Little 

 burns rush down the dreary looking deep cut cleughs. 



Clyde is supposed by Professor Geikie to have at one period 

 of the world's history come down the course of the Biggar 



