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Parish of Melrose

W Beatty

Melrose (Parish) Continued
There is a cross in the centre of the Town of Melrose, near the South entrance of the Monastery, which has a quarter of an acre of land to maintain and it called "Corse Rig" - The name of the "High Cross" marks the site of another, which stood near the Darnick Road, half a mile west, where the pinnacles of St Mary's Central tower first become visible - There are such names of places as Priors' Wood, Cloister Close Abbot and Monks Ford; and the springs still retain the names of Romish Saints, such as St Marys, St William's, St Helen's, and St Dunstan's -

The Tumulus upon the side of the Eildons called by the people the "Bourjo" is worthy of attention - It is evidently artificial, of great magnitude, and by tradition the site if a Pagan Altar -
The road leading to it is called the Haxalgate, and the ravine through which it passes the Haxalgate Heugh
Sir Walter Scott in his 3rd Vol: & 13th chapter of the Pirate calls the Priestess of the Druids - "Haxa" -