Copyright Cameron Boyd, 2012.

The old approach to Traquair House, with the Lion Gates in the distance.   The gates were closed following a visit by Charles Edward Stewart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, in 1744, and it was claimed that they would not open again until a Stewart once again sat the Scottish throne.   They remain closed.

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