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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 231
THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN
BY THE EDITOR.
Smaylho'me, or Smallholm Tower, the scene of the
following ballad, is situated on the northern boundary
of Roxburghshire, among a cluster of wild rocks, called
San diknow- Crags, the property of Hugh Scott, Esq. of
Harden. The tower is a high square building, surround-
ed by an outer wall, now ruinous. The circuit of the
outer court, being defended on three sides, by a preci-
pice and morass, is accessible only from the west, by a
steep and rocky path. The apartments, as is usual in a
Border keep, or fortress, are placed one above another,
and communicate by a narrow stair ; on the roof are
two bartizans, or platforms, for defence or pleasure. The
inner door of the tower is wood, the outer an iron gate ;
the distance between them being nine feet, the thickness,
namely, of the wall. From the elevated situation of
THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN
BY THE EDITOR.
Smaylho'me, or Smallholm Tower, the scene of the
following ballad, is situated on the northern boundary
of Roxburghshire, among a cluster of wild rocks, called
San diknow- Crags, the property of Hugh Scott, Esq. of
Harden. The tower is a high square building, surround-
ed by an outer wall, now ruinous. The circuit of the
outer court, being defended on three sides, by a preci-
pice and morass, is accessible only from the west, by a
steep and rocky path. The apartments, as is usual in a
Border keep, or fortress, are placed one above another,
and communicate by a narrow stair ; on the roof are
two bartizans, or platforms, for defence or pleasure. The
inner door of the tower is wood, the outer an iron gate ;
the distance between them being nine feet, the thickness,
namely, of the wall. From the elevated situation of
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 3 > (243) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80623300 |
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| Description | Vol III. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.19 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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