[4] "By Drakemyre we descend - see the claith-spread enclosure Emblazoned by very bright colour and dye; Saint Margaret hersel' ne'er displayed sic braw dresses As are worn ilka day by the wives of Dalry".

[1] Doggartland House at Drakemyre may derive its name from 'Dogger' which is Scots for a course ironstone, much mined in the area as witnessed by waste bings below Ryefield and at Flashwood.

An impressive, but now largely redundant cast iron bridge crosses the Rye Water within the grounds of Doggartland House.

This bridge has very elaborate cast-iron balustrades and the nearby house has been described as 'Italianate' and the driveway is guarded by two pairs of quirky gatepiers, one tall and the other small, octagonal with panels at the top (See photograph).

The mansion house is of a classical style, built of ashlar with a Doric porch and in the 1920s a single storey ballroom was added,[5] also used as an art gallery by William Barr Knox.

[8] In 1895 a large woollen mill lay on the eastern side of the Rye Water at Ryeside near Fordmouth,[9] this was disused by 1938 and the old Doggartland had become a dye works.

In 2014 DSM disclosed plans to expand its already large vitamin and chemicals manufacturing in China, and there were concerns about the future of the Ryeholm works.