Dryhope Tower
Walter Scott of Harden – or Auld Wat to
give him his reiver nickname – was married to Mary Scott of Dryhope, a bonny
lass known as ‘the flower of Yarrow,’ and they had six sons and six daughters.
Auld Wat is famous for his dry line: “Aye,
if you had fower legs, you wouldn’t stand there lang,” on passing a large haystack
on his way back from one of his raids, while his bugle horn, complete with
carved initials, is on display in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
He was also one of the chief riders in the
rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong from Carlisle Castle.