Mossfennan is a small settlement in southern Scotland near Drumelzier in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

, in the valley of the River Tweed. Mossfennan - geograph

Mossfennan is a wooded area part of the parish of Glenholm. There was once a

peel tower Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. They were free-standin ...

at Mossfennan. Also near Mossfennan are the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn. When the

Talla Railway The Talla Railway was a privately constructed railway line in southern Scotland. It was built 1895-97 to aid the construction of the Talla Reservoir, to serve the water demand of Edinburgh. The railway was about long, running south from a conne ...

was built there was a spectacular overhead sheep crossing at Mossfennan which consisted of six concrete piers and a long ramps at right angles to the railway track. Mossfennan appears in literature being referenced in an old Scottish ballad.Robert Chambers ''The popular rhymes of Scotland: with illustrations'' W. Hunter, 1826
/ref> :'The King rode round the Merecleuch Head, :Wi' spotted hounds and spaniels three, :Then lichted doun at Mossfennan Yett, :A little below the Logan Lee.' John Veitch also describes the locality in ''The Hart of Mossfennan''

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Villages in the Scottish Borders {{Borders-geo-stub