Subject: England - Scotland
Date: Aug 20, 2002 @ 21:32
Author: Peter Smaardijk (Peter Smaardijk <smaardijk@...>)
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Another border in Great Britain: England - Scotland.

http://www.cairndhu.btinternet.co.uk/page2.htm : fourth picture. It is
on a railway which no longer exists, near Carham (which is near
Coldstream).

http://www.borderreivers.org.uk/BR/Border%20Reiver%20Robert%20Carey.htm
Look for illustration no. 10. It is the Scots' Dyke, built in 1552 and
meant to divide the so-called Debatable land, an area in dispute
between the two countries (north of Carlisle). Note also the stone in
the picture. A border stone? I think so!
According to the maps at www.multimap.com , the Scot's Dyke is still on
the border:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=335000&Y=575000&width=700&height=400&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&scale=100000&advanced=&multimap.x=386&multimap.y=251

(Hopefully this works)

Peter S.

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