Berwickshire also known as Berwick. This is a historic county in southeastern Scotland, on the North Sea. Berwickshire lies entirely within the Scottish Borders council area. The southern, lowland two-thirds of Berwickshire is called the Merse (March, or borderland) and supports considerable agriculture extensive sheep farming. The northern, hilly portion of the county is known as Lammermuir. In the west Berwickshire includes most of the valley of Lauderdale.
The Scottish Borders attracts visitors from all over the world and for all sorts of reasons.
The land that encompasses the rolling hills of the Southern Uplands to the rich arable lands of eastern Berwickshire, the Borders runs along the 90-mile journey of the River Tweed to the North Sea.
With hills, forests, beautiful glens, valleys, rivers, streams and coastline, the Borders has had settlers for over 8,000 years.
It has seen countless struggles for survival between the Celts and Romans, Scots and English and between the infamous reiving families, has seen this lovely and much loved area produce a race of fiercely loyal and tough inhabitants.
The beautiful scenery of the region belies its oft bloody history - the Borders suffered badly during the medieval War of Independence between the Scottish and the English.
Numerous battles have been fought on its territory and thousands of its people slain in battle - be they fighting for Sir William Wallace at Stirling Bridge or at Flodden.
The scene in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 epic, "Braveheart" where Wallace is appointed Guardian of Scotland, is widely believed by historians to have taken place in the old kirkyard at Selkirk.
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