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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.
The Marches were first conceived in a treaty between Henry III of England and Alexander III of Scotland in 1249 as an attempt to control the Anglo-Scottish border by providing a buffer zone. [1] On each side of the Anglo-Scottish border there was the West March, the Middle March and the East March.
Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for approximately 60 miles (100 kilometres) between the basin of the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east.
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, Scots: Watter o Tweid, Welsh: Tuedd), is a river 97 miles (156 km) [1] long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Tweed cloth derives its name from its association with the River Tweed. [2]
The Debatable Lands, also known as debatable ground, batable ground or threip lands, [1] lay between Scotland and England. [2] It was formerly in question as to which it belonged to when they were distinct kingdoms. [3] For most of its existence, the area was a lawless zone controlled by clans of "border reivers" which terrorized the ...
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Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic houses, hillforts, lighthouses, nature reserves, reservoirs, rivers, and other places of interest in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland