ISO Innerwick Castle, etc. By Dr Hardy. 



in various districts of the county. John Turnbull and Esther 

 Douglas died at Dovemount, in Wilton parish, at au advanced 

 age. Their united ages, on tombstone in Hobkirk church- 

 yard, amount to 184 years. 



Soneshiell was formerly a considerable place. In 1746 

 there was a joiner's shop, and John Falla was " wright." 

 He also held the office of elder and treasurer to the session, 

 in the time of the Rev. Robert Riccalton. He also made 

 the coffins for those that died on the poor roll. " 1725, John 

 Falla rendered ane account of coffius maid for ye pure, 

 amounting to 16 shillings Scots, which was paid accordingly." 

 He died in 1743. 



The Wester Soneshiell was afterwards tenanted by a person 

 of the name of Donaldson, whose wife, Peggy Deans, " shure 

 a hairst " at the age of 77. The farm was latterly tenanted 

 by the families of Taylor and others, and latterly incorporat«d 

 into Kirkknowe. Three cottages still remain. The situation 

 is pleasant, and the locality healthy. A corner stone in a 

 wall, which had formerly been a lintel, bears the dates of 

 1684 and 1798. Several places in the neighbourhood bear 

 the names of " Tade braes" and Elfin's cleugh. 



Innerwick Castle, Edenken's Brig, and Thornton. By 

 Dr Hardy. (Plate VI.) 



Owing to the Plate of Innerwick Oastle not being ready 

 when the Report, pp. 45-50, was printing, it could not be 

 referred to. It is from a photograph of Grose's plate, taken 

 by a London artist, and preserves some of the features of 

 the ruin that are not visible now. There is a fine view of 

 the castle from the Oldhamstocks road, as it winds upwards 

 towards Branxton, above Thornton. In the "Autobiography" 

 of Alexander Somerville, there is a glimpse of it and its 

 surroundings, along with a well-written account of the 

 destruction of Edenken's Brig and its legend. The date is 

 1832, but Somerville was born at Springfield, 15th March 

 1811, and the family removed to Thriepland Hill in 1813, 

 so that he gives a contemporaneous statement to supplement 

 previous details. 



He is returning with two brothers to their father's house 



