ETTRICK, a river and parish of Selkirkshire, Scotland. The river rises in Capel Fell, a hill in the extreme south-west of the shire, and flows north-east for 32 m. to its junction with the Tweed, its principal affluent being the Yarrow. In the parish of Ettrick was born James Hogg, the "Ettrick shepherd" (the site of the cottage being marked by a monument erected in 1898). About 2 m. below Ettrick church is Thirlestane Castle, the seat of Lord Napier and Ettrick, a descendant of the Napiers of Merchiston, and beside it is the ruin of the stronghold that belonged to John Scott of Thirlestane under James V. Two miles up Rankle Burn, a right-hand tributary, lies the site of Buccleuch, another strong hold of the Scotts, which gave them the titles of earl (1619) and duke (1663) . Only a fragment remains of Tushielaw tower, oc cupying high ground opposite the confluence of the Rankle and the Ettrick. Lower down the dale is Deloraine, recalling one of the leading characters in The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Carter haugh, a corruption of Carelhaugh, where Ettrick and Yarrow meet, was the scene of the ballad of "Young Tamlane."