The Cheviot
The Cheviot is the highest summit in the Cheviot Hills in the far north of England, only 2 km from the Scottish border.
Jedburgh (Scots Gaelic Deadard) (/ˈdʒɛdbərə/; Scots: Jeddart/Jethart, is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.
Population: 4,045
Latitude: 55° 28' 47.89" N
Longitude: -2° 33' 7.20" W
The Cheviot is the highest summit in the Cheviot Hills in the far north of England, only 2 km from the Scottish border.
Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles (8 km) west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. The tower is located at grid refere…
The Otterburn Army Training Estate (ATE) was established in 1911 and covers about 242 square kilometres (93 square miles) of the Southern Cheviots. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and used for training some 30,000 soldiers a year. Otte…
Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, is situated in the town of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders 10 miles (16 km) north of the border with England at Carter Bar.
Ferniehirst Castle (sometimes spelt Ferniehurst) is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Roxburghshire. It is an …
The Newstead Helmet is an iron Roman cavalry helmet dating to 80–100 AD that was discovered at the site of a Roman fort in Newstead, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1905. It is now part of the Newstead Collection at the National Museum in…
Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, a town in the Scottish Borders. It is the home of Gala Rugby Club, Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club and was used by the professional Border Reivers rugby union team.
Earlston (Scots: Yerlston, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Airchill) is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland.
Galashiels railway station is to serve the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is to be reopened on 6 September 2015 as part of the Waverley Line, a project to run between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, a village on the outskirts of Galashi…
The Battle of Carham was a battle between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Northumbrians at Carham on Tweed in 1018 or possibly 1016. Astronomical events referred to in accounts of the battle would indicate 1016, rather than 1018 as the correct date.…
Tweedbank (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Thuaidh) is a large village south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
The Raid of the Redeswire was a border skirmish between England and Scotland on July 7, 1575 which took place at Carter Bar, the Cheviot pass which enters Redesdale. The skirmish was between (on the English side) the English Warden of the Middle Mar…
Newtown St. Boswells (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr Chille Bhoisil) is a village in the historic county of Roxburghshire which serves as the administrative centre of the Scottish Borders council area. Lying on the Bowden Burn, Newtown St Boswells is sit…
The Battle of Philiphaugh was fought on 13 September 1645 during the Civil War near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.
Kirk Yetholm is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 8 miles (13 km) south east of Kelso and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the border. The first mention is of its church in the 13th century. Its sister town is Town Yetholm which…
The William Wallace Statue in the grounds of the Bemersyde estate, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders is a statue commemorating William Wallace.
Monteviot House is the early 18th century home of the Marquess of Lothian, the politician better known as Michael Ancram.
Mellerstain House is a stately home around 13 kilometres north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland.