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ROSLIU.
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Sir James Erskine St. Clair, father of the present Earl of
Rosslyn, who now represents the family. Part of the castle
still forms a romantic summer residence.
EOSLTN CASTLE.
The neighbouring moor of Roslin was the scene of a cele¬
brated battle, fought 24th February 1302, in which the Scots,
under Comyn, then guardian of the kingdom, and Simon Fraser,
attacked and defeated three divisions of the English on the same
day.
Lasswade, six and a half miles from Edinburgh, and which