Rosebank House, built as the dower house for Rosslyn Castle, was the birthplace of Hector McNeil, poet, author and songwriter in 1746.
The house was requisitioned by the War department during the Second World War and was demolished in 1960.
Remains of the garden are now within the boundary of Roslin Glen.
The carpet factory, on the site of a former bleachfield, leased by Richard Whytock and later renamed Henry, Widnell and Stewart Ltd.
Hawthornden Castle is located high above the River North Esk.
It was formerly the home of the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585 – 1649), who completed his own restoration of the building in 1638 (no public access).
Looking down on the cottages, which were built for workers at the carpet factory, with the Castle to the right and the Chapel on the hill.
Old footbridge, near the carpet factory cottages, which was replaced in 1931 by the present bridge, located just upstream.
Opened in 1872, and renamed Rosslyn Castle Station to avoid confusion with Roslin, on the Loanhead branch, which opened in 1874.
Rosslyn Castle Station closed to passengers in 1951 but remained open for goods traffic until it closed completely in 1959.
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