B o k t h w i c k
CASTLE.
windows adorned with rofettes, and twifted cordage. The dunw
called the Maf-more, is a deep hole with a narrow mouth. Traditl
fays, that a perfon of fome rank in the country was lowered inti
for irreverently palling this caftle, without paying his refpeits tot|
great owner.
The parifti church had been collegiate ; founded in 1449, by t|j
chancellor, with the confent of his fon, for a provoft, nine preberf
ries, and two finging-boys, out of the rents of Crichton }
Locherwort.
About a mile farther is Bortbwick caftle, feated on a knowl in tl
midft of a pretty vale, bounded by hills covered with corn ai]
woods; a moftpifturefque fcene. It confifts of a vail: fquare towJ
ninety feet high, with fquare and round baftions at equal diftancj
from its bafe. The ftate-rooms are on the firft ftory, once acceffifaB
by adraw-bridge. Some of the apartments were very large; tl
hall forty feet long, and had its mufic gallery; the roof lofty, an]
once adorned with paintings. This caftle was built byaLol
Bortbwick, once a potent family. In the vault lies one of t l
name, in armour, and a little bonnet, with his lady by him. o|
the fide are numbers of little elegant human figures. Theplal
was once the property of the Earl of Bothwel, who a lit!
befoje the battle o f Carberry-hill, took refuge here with his fal
confort *.
Lodge at a good inn at BlackJhieUs; a village, as I wtjs ¡1
formed, lying in a portion of Haddington/hire, furrounded b|
Lothian.-
* Critical Enquiry, &c. 3d ed. 289.
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