Mossfennan

Mossfennan is a small settlement in southern Scotland near Drumelzier in the Scottish Borders, in the valley of the River Tweed. Mossfennan is a wooded area part of the parish of Glenholm. There was once a peel tower at Mossfennan. Also near Mossfennan are the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn. When the Talla Railway 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.
 * '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