Colmslie, Roxburghshire, Scotland Genealogy

https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6828Colmslie is a location about 6 miles (9.2km) northeast of Melrose, Scotland, in Roxburghshire, in the southern Scottish Borders area. According to Historic Environment Scotland, "The lands of Colmslie were owned by Melrose Abbey, and before the Reformation they were tenanted by the Cairncross family; William Carncros de Cowmislie is mentioned in a charter of 1536." It was the seat of a family "Cairncross of Colmslie" in the 15th and 16th centuries (see FamilySearch ID GJKW-B31; more of his family is on Ancestry.com); all that appears to remain of the location is the ruins of a 16c tower house called Colmslie Tower, which is a Historic Scotland Scheduled Monument (SM6828 -- see https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6828 ). There appear to have been people living in the area at least into the late 17th century, as Melrose parish records show a number of christenings of individuals from "Colmeslee" or "Colmesleehill".

There is a also a town of the same name, "Colmslie" near Brisbane, Australia.