are Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle. The elaborately carved chapel has long been associated with the Knights Templar and the Grail legend, and featured in the best-selling book The Da Vinci Code. The popularity of the book and the use of the chapel as a location in the subsequent film greatly increased the number of visitors to the village. Rosslyn Castle, owned by the family of the Earl of Rosslyn since the 14th century, is in partial ruins. The habitable parts are let as holiday accommodation. A monument cairn erected by the Roslin Heritage Society at the end of last century, marks the site of the Battle of Roslin. Notable residents James Gillespie (1726–1797), snuff-maker and philanthropist. David Gray, scored the winning goal in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final for Hibernian, their first win since 1902. John Lawson Johnston the inventor of Bovril, was born in Roslin in 1839. See also Clan Sinclair Sinclair (surname) Rosslyn Chapel Roslin Castle Toros Roslin, the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages. References External links Roslin Village Website 1st Roslin Boys Brigade Villages in Midlothian Mining communities in Scotland