Mossfennan is a small settlement in southern

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

near

Drumelzier Drumelzier (), is a village and civil parish on the B712 in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. The area of the village is extensive and includes the settlements of Wrae, Stanhope, Mossfennan and Kingledoors. To the north is Brought ...

in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the we ...

, in the valley of the

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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 England, English and Scotland, Scottish Border country, borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and ab ...

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 under the Edinburgh Water Company. It was built 1895–97 to aid the construction of the Talla Reservoir, to serve the water demand of Edinburgh. The railway was ab ...

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