4(14 Notes on Branxholme. By \V. Eliott Loekhart. 



And above the doorway, round the stone bearing the arms of 

 Scott of Buccleuch, is the following inscription : — 



Sr W. Scot, uniql. of Brauxteim, Knyt, soc. of Sr William 

 Scot of Kirkurd, Knyt, begane ye work . of . yis . lial . upon 

 ye 2-t of Marche 1571. Zeir . quha . departit . at Cod's 

 plesour ye 17 of April 1574, &c. 

 While round the adjoining stone, with the Douglas arms, the 

 inscription is : 



Dame Margret Douglas . his . spous . compleittit the forsaid 

 vork in October 157[6.] 

 The rooms along the south front and the passage are all 

 vaulted, and were probably rebuilt on their old foundations, 



Feline Toire 



the W*t. 



