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Spry
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Ah, well, yes ------ but the tree was only indirectly involved!
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Big Davie
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There were two ajoined cottages at Lowries Den, the ruins can still be seen today although hidden by undergrowth. not much to look at one
Gable end and the remains of the walls. They are close to the road and near the only Rhododendron bushes growing at the Den. NT219606. |
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Anna
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I didn't realise the bridge over the river before the pond was Roman! No wonder it looks a bit old. It's weird that there is no real mention of the bridge and that no one seems to know about it.
I have been in search of the caves in Rosslyn Glen, but we found it required a bit of climbing, and I don't really like heights. I didn't know about the rock carvings though, sounds interesting.
I'll have to have a proper read of The Annals Of Penicuik; I've only really skimmed it. |
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Big Davie
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Just had a look at 1841 Census for Penicuik.
Andrew Tait aged 82 Ag Lab
Agnes Tait also 82
Margaret Tait 45 Ag Lab
Robert Robertson 8
All living at Lowries Den.
Next door
Jane Pentland 79.
Andrew gets a mention in the Annals of Penicuik page 98.
I don't think that the bridge is Roman, Anna. It's just a local name,if you
look at the centre of the bridge from down stream there is a date 1740 something i cant remember exactly |
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Anna
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Yeah, I was wondering about that. The 1700s would make more sense. |
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From a (non-expert) architectural point of view, the bridge has a definite "Queen Anne" feel about it. Anne reigned from 1702 - 1714, if that's any help.
Spot the resemblance near the top of this picture!
The style of the roof edging and parapet edging is quite distinctive. |
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MentalBovine
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Hello
the Roamn bridge is also called centurions bridge (Monsieur Clerk travelled all over europe and basiclaly rebuilt stuff he saw on his travels in his garden)
Hurley cove is a copy of a famous somewhere in europe
infact a lot of the old buildign were built to look older than they actually are (faux antiquities)
still doenst answer what the heck the big bridge is!
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Ben_Ledi
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It has been generally known in my lifetime that "the Roman bridge" was just a name given to it by the Clerks. What also seems to be forgotten that this was part of a scenic garden meant only for the estate. Planted flowers and shrubberies of my childhood have long gone. The estate employed quite a few gardeners as well as foresters. There seems to be a lot of local history that was ignored or changed by incomers as it did not fit their ideal of what a country town was like. This happens everywhere I know but I do find it sad. It is most noticeable in small highland villages where rich white settlers from the south try, and often succeed, in making the area into "Brigadoonland"
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MentalBovine
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anyone been on this (somemone may have already told you all about it)
you can click on area and see photos folk have submitted.
well- on it is a photoo of an aqueduct that carried water from tweedsmuir resevoir (spelling baaaad today!) to Edinburgh
http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2115271
not sure if you can see it without registering and it may NOT be the same one Anna was at- but could we assume thats what the one at Cornton was for?
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Spry
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Yep, I'm sure we can make that assumption.
Good site, Moo, many thanks.
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I don't think it's the same one. The stonework is different (smaller blocks), and it doesn't appear to have the corbels under the parapet.
I clicked on "find more nearby", but it couldn't find any. I then tried "find images nearby", but there didn't seem to be any similar structures - though I gave up before the end of the pages! |
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Anna
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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The bridge in that photo is in Lowry's Den. I've been there a couple of times with Barry. |
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Big Davie
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I make an annual pilgramage to the bridge at Lowries den each May.
It's the only place in Midlothian where you can still find Wood Warblers. |
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Anna
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That's interesting to know, they are pretty wee birds  |
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Big Davie
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They also have a great song which starts slow and speeds up at the end, it's the song that gives them away as they can be dificult to see. when they reach the end of the song they sit on the branch and shiver, altogether a great wee bird. |
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