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PRESTONKIRK.] HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. [PRESTONKIRK.

was associated in grants with that of the church
of Linton or Prestonkirk.1 Later (1699) it
appears as the chapel of St. Mariota.2
Alan of " Merkshulle " was an archer serving
" Peter de Lubant " as English commander
with other men from East Lothian in Living-
stone Peel in 1312.3 " Markle " is in the
list of places burnt in 1401 and again in
Hertford's invasion of 1544.

1 Act. Parl. 1581 iii., p. 256 No. 73 ; Reg.
Mag. Sig. 1605 No. 1581, and 1594 No. 166 ;
2 Inquisit Spec. Hadd. No. 388 ; 3 Introd.
p. xxvii ; Bain's Calendar iii., p. 411.

vi. S.W. 12 July 1919.

146. Waughton Castle.-Waughton Castle,
which lay 2 3/4 miles north-north-west of East
Linton, was, on 14th January 1569, the scene
of a raid by "Robert Hepburne, sonne to ye
laird of Waughtone," who "came to the hous of
Waughtone and brake ye stabills and tooke
out 16 horses : the laird of Carmichale being
capitane and keeper of the said house of
Waughtone."1
From level and low lying garden ground on
the south, a terrace of rock, which measures
175 feet from east to west by 118 feet from
north to south, rises sheer to a height of 15
feet at south and west. The south-west angle
has been occupied by the house, of which only
a small projecting wing remains. This rises
from the base of the rock to a height of 25 feet
above it and is built of the local igneous rubble
with light coloured freestone dressings at
quoins and voids. A narrow window in the
south wall has an edge-roll with flanking
hollows wrought on jambs and lintel, which
evidences a 16th century date for the structure.
On north and east the rock has been bounded
by a wall, but this and the ruined structure
at the north-east angle of the site are much
later than the house. From the rock a stair-
case, only partially artificial, leads down to
the garden ground at base.
DOVECOT.-A 16th century dovecot in a
ruinous condition lies 80 yards south of the
site. It is circular on plan with an internal
diameter of 13 1/4 feet, and rises in three tiers
to a height of 20 feet. The entrance which
faces north is checked for a door opening
outwards ; the nests, as usual, are of stone.

92

On the Hepburns of Waughton see Introd.
p. xxiv and on Waughton Castle p. xxix.

1 Birrel's Diary, p. 18.

v. N.E. 23 April, 1920.
[marginal note]
Visited with J.S.
Richardson, J.G.
Collendar, I.G.
Lindsay, and
G. Thomson, 13.
xii. '27.
Visited 20-vi
'46. also with C.
G. Lind and to
[?] Nos,
23.vi-'46.

147. Hailes Castle.-The ruin of this castle
stands on the right bank of the River Tyne
1 1/2 miles south-west of East Linton ; although
the bank at this point is precipitous and the
castle is elevated considerably above the water,
the conformation of the surroundings all but
conceals the structure. The site has been
conditioned by the extent of the rocky outcrop
on which the castle is founded and is bounded
and naturally strengthened on the west by a
small ravine traversed by a burn, which flows
into the Tyne.

[illustration inserted]
FIG. 133.-Hailes Castle (No. 147).

The castle (fig. 133) consists of an outer and
inner ward encompassed by walls of enceinte,
which abut on an oblong tower situated mid-
way in the north stretch, and in a second oblong
tower, which is salient, at the north-west angle;
between these towers the curtain is embodied
in a later building. The maximum length from
east to west is 238 feet and the maximum width
from north to south 93 feet. The outer ward
lies to the east ; at the north-east angle are the
[marginal note]
The ingo is
bevelled :
there is no
sign of an
arch!
fragments of an arched postern. At the junc-
tion of the outer and inner wards there are, on
the south, indications of a circular tower with a
projection external to the wall of enceinte,
which to the west of this is salient. In this
portion of the wall, where it faces due south, the
remains of the arched principal entrance are
found. The north wall of enceinte is built on
and follows the line of rocks cresting the river
bank. At the junction of the west tower and the
contiguous north wall of enceinte a semi-
circular headed postern opens on to the river