This view taken from the main A7 looking North shows the area of Haughfoot - Torsonce House is just visible in the trees to the right

At the beginning of the minute book is the ‘Haughfoot Fragment’, a piece of ritual, presumably written by the first secretary and hence undoubtedly was the ritual performed by the brethren. This ritual is a series of questions and answers and it overlaps with what is known as the Edinburgh Register House MS of 1696. There is nothing in the Edinburgh Register House MS to identify it conclusively as having Masonic origins but the Haughfoot fragment provides the critical evidence to link speculative ritual to its operative origins.

The Haughfoot Lodge thus occupies a uniquely important place in the history of Freemasonry and its ter-centenary was celebrated in December 2002 following the consecration of the new lodge in August 2002.

Brother Harry Carr states in his book about the Haughfoot Lodge that it ‘apparently disappeared into thin air’ but this is not quite true since there is sufficient evidence to show that three daughter lodges sprang from it:- Namely the three sponsor lodges of the New Haughfoot Lodge No 1824

Our objectives are:

• To promote Freemasonry to the general public.




• To preserve the Masonic history of the Province of Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk Shires.




• To perform demonstrations of Masonic ceremonies similar to those as would have been worked in the early 18th century