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The Anglo-Scottish border (Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan Anglo-Albannach) is an internal border of the United Kingdom separating Scotland and England which runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.
During this period, at the western end of the border there was a strip of country, called the "Debatable Land", because the possession of it was a constant source of contention between England and Scotland until its boundaries were adjusted in 1552. [4] Thus, across the region are to be seen the ruins of many castles, abbeys and even towns.
In 1552, commissioners from Scotland and England met and divided the Debatable Lands between England and Scotland, with a line, known as the Scots' Dike, drawn from Esk to Sark, [12] abolishing the Debatable Lands' de facto independence from either crown. [3] Since then, the Anglo-Scottish border has remained essentially unchanged.
The Cross Border Connection is one of several links being proposed to take renewable power between Scotland and England as part of a £58bn upgrade of the national grid.
Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
The border between Scotland and England runs down the middle of the River Tweed, but between the villages of Wark and Cornhill, the Scottish border comes south of the river to enclose a small riverside meadow around 2 acres (0.8 hectares) to 3 acres (1.2 hectares). This piece of land is known as the Ba Green.
Scotland 0-6 England: The Lionesses and Team GB were denied as the Netherlands struck in stoppage time to top Nations League Group A on goal difference
The northernmost leg of the Pennine Way runs from Byrness in England to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland. It is the longest, and most exposed, on the whole of the national trail. The Way follows the high level Border Ridge (literally the England–Scotland boundary fence) for nearly 20 miles (32 km) after the ascent to the ridge from Byrness.