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[St Serf's Law] of this Law. The name appears to have been disused.

Priest's Folly -- This name is not Known in the Parish; at least
not to any whom I have had an opportunity of meeting

Priest Inch -- This was formerly a small property Said to belong
to the priests of the Church of Auldcathie, by one of whom
it is said to have been forfeited to the Laird of Duddingston
The legend is, - that "the Priest borrowed a Horse from the laird
of Duddigston to proceed to Ireland on some Important Church
Matters, and left the land in pledge for the safe return of
the animal. Neither the priest nor the Horse returned and
therefore the land Called Priestinch became forfeited"

The Lyra Tree -- I have shown on Trace the position of the
only Tree on the Estate having the appearance of a Lyre
It is a "Silver Fir" the trunk of which rises about
four feet from the Surface, and then Spreads out
into sixteen Separate branches evidently trained;
but there is no person on the Estate nor in the neighbourhood
that ever heard of it or any other tree Called by this name
and some whom I Consulted have been 60 years on the
Estate. I have also Consulted the Factor, Minister,
Schoolmaster, Sampson Younger & others; and none
of them ever heard of it before.

Stoneyhill Tower -- Sheet 2 No.15 -- I have shown this Ruin on Trace and given descriptive remarks


[signed] Michael Duggan C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
30.4.55 [30 April 1855]