Scottish Borders
Proper noun
Meaning
(UK) The areas of Scotland and England adjacent to the border between the two countries.
A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996; it was named Borders Region prior to that.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Now a detectorist in the Scottish Borders has uncovered a haul of bronze age artefacts – including a complete horse harness and preserved leather and wood – in what is described as a “nationally significant” discovery.
He returned to Scotland and, in September 1832, during the epidemic in Scotland that year, died of typhus London Medical and Surgical Journal, January 1833 at Abbotsford, the home he had designed and had built, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
Amanda - Researching for meant mostly that I had to brush up on my knowledge of the Highlands, because I’d been writing for some time about the Scottish Borders.
BOSSES at Scottish Borders Council have confirmed the local authority won't inherit any debt when they accept the Great Tapestry of Scotland.
The crescent-shaped crop mark in the photo above indicates a souterrain, or underground passageway, that was built in the Scottish Borders during the Iron Age.
Northern cities, such as Aberdeen and Inverness, experience a high number of vehicle thefts and rural crime hot spots often spike along the Scottish Borders and Perth & Kinross.