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Old 18th Nov 2019, 09:00
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
PEDANT ALERT

"Berwick to Carlisle is NOT the border, that border was the Roman one,"

Wrong Nut - the original Roman border was Hadrian's Wall from west of Carlisle to Wallsend along the N side of the Tyne Valley . Then for about 80 years it ran across the center of Scotland at the Roman turf Wall.

Berwick never featured on any Roman border

The current border was, and is, really a line along the high ground - for years it was a "debatable land" and kings of Scotland & England owned land on either side of the current line
I know, I don't know why I copied his Berwick over, I was thinking football as it is a English team in the Scottish league as it was easier to travel too. At my end it finishes at Bowness on Sands if you want to be precise which is next to Port Carlisle.
It is about 200 yards from my late mums house and I used to drive / walk over it every day for the first 16 years of my life.

As for the floating border, at one time it was just outside Derby.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryU...order-Reivers/

but hey ho, back on subject
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