Foulshiels, a place in Selkirk parish, Selkirkshire, on the left bank of Yarrow Water, opposite Newark Castle, and 3¾ miles W by N of Selkirk town. A farmhouse (now ruinous) here was the birthplace of the African traveller, Mungo Park (1771-1805), and the place of his residence on the eve of his second and fatal expedition.Ord. Sur., sh. 25,1865.
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