Minchmoor, a broad-based, heather-clad mountain on the mutual border of Traquair parish, Peeblesshire, and Kirkhope parish, Selkirkshire, 2 miles SE of Traquair village. It rises to a height of 1856 feet above sea-level, and forms part of the watershed between the Tweed and the Yarrow. By the wild old road across it, from Selkirk to Peebles-long traversed by the mail- Montrose's cavaliers fled helter-skelter from Philiphaugh; and near the top, on the Tweed side, is the famous Cheese Well, where every passer-by of old was wont to drop in bits of his provisions as votive offerings to the fairies who made this their favourite haunt. The view from the top and its many associations form the theme of the late Dr John Brown's delightful Minchmoor (Edinb. 1864).Ord. Sur., sh. 24, 1864.
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