Eddleston

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In the valley of the Eddleston Water this village is overlooked by the Moorfoot Hills and the Cloich Hills. A former seat of the Murrays, Darnhall, a chateau-like house, was built in 1412 and was added to in the 17c.
To the south of the village is a monument to George Meikle Kemp who designed Edinburgh's Scott Monument. Kemp was a Pentland farmers son, and was known before designing the Scott Monument as a joiner. Kemp was tragically drowned before the Scott Monument was completed.
To the north of the vllage is Portmore House which was built in 1850 and in 1883 was destroyed by fire, however it has been restored.The house was the birthplace in 1801 for the MP for Peeblesshire, William Forbes Mackenzie, who was responsible for the Public House Act of 1852 which closed public houses on Sundays.