Falae

Falae
Near Fala Mill, looking towards Fala Dam
Falae Location within Midlowden
OS grid reference	NT446603
Cooncil area	Midlowden
Lieutenancy area	Midlowden
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	PATHHEAD
Postcode destrict	EH37
Diallin code	01875
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Midlowden
Scots Pairlament	Midlothian North an Musselburgh

Falae is a clachan in the sooth-eastren corner o Midlowden, Scotland, an aboot 15 mile frae Edinburgh.

Location

The pairish o the same name is aboot five mile lang east til wast, an ae mile braid frae north til sooth, an haes aboot 3,120 acre (12.6 km²). It is surroondit bi the pairishes o Humbie tae the east, Soutra tae the sooth, Heriot & Stow tae the wast an tae the north bi detached pairts o Borthwick, Cranstoun, an Crichtoun. Fala Hall Burn rises in the muir tae the sooth o Fala Flow an forms the mairch atween Fala an Soutra pairishes. The burns eventual rin intae the Cakemuir Burn abuin Costerton. Acause o its location, the clachan, an Fala Dam due tae its topography, can aft get cut aff fae the ooter warld durin hivy snawfaws, wi residents kent tae be snawed in fur several day.

Hieweys

In 1834 a road (the A68 the day), wi a still extant Toll Hoose at Fala, wis biggit atween Edinburgh an Lauder, an it rins throu the pairish, merkin aff the cultivatit launds tae the east frae the pasturs tae the wast. Tae the wast o this hiewey is the King's Road, that is said tae hae been makit bi King Malcolm IV tae cross the Lammermuirs tae Lauderdale. Dere Street, the Roman road, can be traced at sindry places on the hills thewarts Channelkirk tae the soothwast o the A68.