a village of Scotland, in the county and 7 miles S. of Edinburgh, on the Esk, among scenery which for beauty is inferior to few places in the country. It is chiefly remarkable for the ancient chapel and castle which stand here. The former is an exceedingly beautiful specimen of florid Gothic architecture; it was founded in 1446, and the plan was to have been in the form of a cross; but only the choir and east wall of the transept were completed when the building was stopped in 1484. The carving is very elaborate, especially on what is called the 'Prentice's Pillar.' Of the castle which stood on the edge of a cliff overhanging the river, the triple row of vaults, the massive wall, and many scattered fragments, still remain. At Roslin is a paper manufactory, bleach-field, and gunpowder manufactory, the largest in Scotland. In this neighbourhood the Scots gained three victories over the English on the same day in 1302.