Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Drum

Drum, an estate, with a mansion, in Liberton parish, Edinburghshire, ½ mile SE of Gilmerton. Long held by the Lords Somerville, the thirteenth of whom built the present house towards the middle of last century, it now is the property of John More Nisbett, Esq. of Cairnhill, who owns 270 acres in Midlothian, valued at £951 per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Midlothian ScoCnty

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