Quarrelwood House

About Quarrelwood House

On the right you will pass Quarrelwood House which was built around 1798 as a Cameronian manse, with an attached octagonal chapel. Subsequently the chapel fell into disrepair but in 1969 was rebuilt to form a private library for the house. Beside the ruined walls there was an 'efficiently run' hand laundry. Parcels of clothing arrived each week to be washed, ironed and parcelled up again to be returned to their owners within a few days. A Mrs Seaton who was employed at the laundry worked there for 33 years with only one half day absence from her work.

Behind Quarrelwood is the site of another Iron Age fort. The earthworks have long ago been ploughed out, but the views from the hill are spectacular.

If you look across to the left you will see a large oak tree surrounded by a range of grassy knolls. This geological feature, known as terminal moraine, provided a safe area where Covenanters held their meetings. As you follow the road round you can get different views of this meeting place. Look out for the horse watering trough built into the wall. The rough field in front of Quarrelwood was a fairly large township with several cottages and about 70 inhabitants. This township predated Quarrelwood