HOWGATE, a hamlet, in the parish of Penicdick,
county of Edinburgh, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Penicuick;
containing 81 inhabitants. It lies near the high road
from Edinburgh to Dumfries; and in its neighbourhood
are several fine streams, some of which are tributaries
to the Esk. The village is but a short distance from
the boundary of Peeblesshire. A Secession meetinghouse
was built here in 1750.