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 FOURTH PERIOD 156 MACLELLAN S HOUSE Grissel Maxwell,, are laid here, and marble covers both. Born of these, R. D. Kirkcudbrius has erected this tomb in honour of his dear father. He died in the year of our Lord 1597." Above this are the Maclellan arms, with a ship, the seal of the burgh, and at the top of the panel a crest, with the Maxwell motto, " Think on," the whole being surmounted by a cherub bending forward to accommodate itself to the slope of the roof, into which the figure is slightly recessed. FERNIEHERST CASTLE, ROXBURGHSHIRE. Fernieherst Castle is situated in the valley of the Jed, two miles up the stream from Jedburgh. It is a charming example of a Scottish mansion of the end of the sixteenth century. Although it occupies the site of an older castle, the scene of constant warfare and bloodshed during the previous century, and down to within thirty years of the present foundation, the building exhibits no features of the old fortified HIGH GROUND FIG. 614. Fernieherst Castle. Plan. keep or stronghold, except it may be in a shot-hole here and there in its ornamental turrets. In one of the panels over the doorway are the letters A. K. (Andrew Ker) and the date 1598. About fifty years before this the old castle, then in the possession of the English, was besieged by the French, under the command of Monsieur D'Esse, in the interest of Ker of Fernieherst, and, after a desperate resistance, it was taken, most of the defenders being put to the sword. In 1570 the castle was laid in ruins by the Earl of Sussex, and the following year it was completely destroyed by Lord Ruthven.