Scotland Magazine author Jesse Anderson

The Border Reivers

More than 300 years of theft, skirmish and plunder has left its mark on the Border lands. Jessie Anderson follows the Reiver Trail

Today the border dividing England and Scotland runs through one of the most tranquil areas of Britain. But step back a few centuries and you will find a very different scene. For this is the Debatable Land – home to the notorious Border Reivers and, from the 14th to the mid- 17th centuries, one of t...

Scotland Trails from Issue 34 published on 30/08/2007