Larriston, an estate in Castleton parish, Roxburghshire, on the left bank of Liddel Water, 7 miles NNE of Newcastleton. It is the property of James Jardine, Esq. of Dryfeholm (b. 1816), who holds 4293 acres in Roxburgh and 761 in Dumfriesshire, valued at £1373 and £1118 per annum. Larriston Castle stood on the right bank of Larriston Burn, and was once the stronghold of a chief of the Elliots, that `Lion of Liddesdale' whom Hogg has commemorated in a stirring ballad.Ord. Sur., sh. 11, 1863.
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