Foulshiels, a place in Selkirk parish, Selkirkshire, on the left bank of Yarrow Water, opposite Newark Castle, and 3¾ miles W by N of Selkirk town. A farmhouse (now ruinous) here was the birthplace of the African traveller, Mungo Park (1771-1805), and the place of his residence on the eve of his second and fatal expedition.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25,1865.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)