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probably been enlarged since its construction
and other alterations effected on it. On the
bank of the Leader adjacent are the remains
of another tower with two chambers on the first
floor the windows of which are blocked up
and in the floor of one of which there is a
trap door to a cellar beneath.

6 Oct. 1908
Left Melrose at 8.10 arriving at Gordon at
9. o’clock. Bicycled to Westruther The present
parish church is modern but there is within
it set on a wooden stand a round stone
basin or font 11 inches in diameter and 5 ins. [inches]
high, without ornament which was brought
from the old church at Bassendean. The
Old church of Westruther in the middle of the
Churchyard is now only used as a burial
aisle. It is of late date and presents no features
of interest. There are no noteworthy tomb stones
in the churchyard. An old blacksmith, by
name Brownlee, gave me for the museum
a curious old iron candlestick set on a horse
shoe & used by a smith for light which shoeing
a horse. It was ancient when he acquired it
40 years ago. Wedderlie House, now the
property of Mr. William Baird, I found as
described except that it is now all in
habitable condition and good repair. The

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