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Miles. Side. 



E. Road leading ove^r Minchmoor to Traquair, by 

 which Montrose escaped from Philiphaugh. 



6 R. Hangingshaw (return). 



8 R. Tinnis Farm, bought from Pringles by Buc- 



cleuch, 1619. 



H^ L. Deuchar Mill. To R. on bank of burn, remains 

 of D. Tower invisible from road. In Greyfriars' 

 Churchyard, Edinburgh, remarkable epitaph of 

 Sir James Murray of Deuchar. On Deuchar 

 Swire was fought the duel between Thirlestane 

 and Tushielaw. 



L. Old Bridge destroyed by flood, 1734. 



9 R. Yarrow Kirk and Manse (Rev. R. Borland, 



author, and speaker on Yarrow and Scottish 

 literature). Kirk built in 1640. Here is tomb- 

 stone of Sir Walter Scott's great-grandfather, 

 minister of the parish. 



R. Celebrated standing-stone, with Romano-British 

 inscription. 



L. Ladhope Farm-house, ravaged and burnt by 

 the English in 1543, and in 1544. 



11 R. Catslackburn burnt by the Kerrs in 1548, the 



aged widow of Buccleuch (herself a Kerr of 

 Cessford) perishing in the flames. 



13 R. Gordon Arms Inn. Short halt. Farm to R. 



is Mountbenger, originally Mont Berger, French 

 for "Shepherd's Hill." Long occupied by the 

 King's and Queen's own flocks. Hogg's house, 

 Bongerknowe, stood on knoll behind the present 

 farmhouse. lie died at Eldinhope Farm, across 

 the river. 



