Scottish Borders Photo: Andrew Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Scottish Borders is a region in south-east Scotland adjoining the border with England. Jedburgh Melrose Hawick KelsoScotlandType: State with 5,440,000 residents Description: country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom ...
The Scottish Borders is a region in south-east Scotland adjoining the border with England. Mapcarta, the open map.
Lowlands – Dumfries, Galloway, Borders… South of Edinburgh and Glasgow are the Lowlands of Scotland. Often overlooked on a Scotland Trip compared to the Highlands, they offer impressive historical sites and a tumultuous history. Closed to the Border with England the once mighty castles and Abbeys...
Scotlandis the northernmost constituent country in theUnited Kingdom. Its southern border is shared withEngland. There are over 700 smaller islands off the Scottish mainland. With a population of just over five million, Scotland is the UK’s second largest constituent country by both area and pop...
The Border Reivers were ruthless raiders and bandits who pillaged the lands on either side of the Anglo-Scots border from the late 13th to the early 17th century. The Common Ridings events commemorate those times, when people of the Scottish Borders patrolled the boundaries of their communities...
Scotland’s vote against independenceprompted me to consider how I, as an American, distinguish the UK’s component parts. When I envision Scotland (orWales, orEngland), I think of a unique language. NotScotsorGaelic, necessarily, but “language” in a broader sense. It’s a set of diale...
Close to the border are reminders of Scotland's interminable conflicts with England. At Caerlaverock a magnificent triangular castle stands within a water-filled moat, whileLochmaben Castle, near Lockerbie, is said to be the birthplace of Robert the Bruce. Near Thornhill, the roofless ruins of ...
Initially, in the 'Part of Scotland' portion of the map, very few geological contact lines were engraved on the copper plates to guide the colourists. They would have referred to the Pattern Copy more than they needed to in England. Just three strata dominated north...
England and Wales which occupy the remaining portion. It is surrounded by sea on three sides: to the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the North Sea. Its only land border, that with England, runs for approximately 60 miles (96 km) along the line of the Cheviot...
(STV), which is received in most of south-central Scotland and parts of the West Highlands; Grampian, based in Aberdeen; and Border, which transmits from Carlisle. There’s also the quirkier though often trashy Channel 4, and downmarket Five, which still can’t be received in some parts...