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  • Roxburghshire
    ...ark heart of reiver country. Today it is somewhat quieter and enjoyed for the scenery of its hills and dales. ...the Middle Ages and after the final fall of [[Berwick upon Tweed|Berwick]] in 1460 it was abandoned.
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  • Surrey
    ...nited Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...o the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[Berkshire]]. The [[county town]] is [[Guildford]].
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  • Peebles
    | picture=Parish church and wishing well viewed from the banks of the River Tweed - geograph.org.uk - 134269.jpg ...triangular piece of land, open to the east but contained by the rivers to the south and north.
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  • Scotland
    [[File:flag of Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...the largest groups are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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  • Dere Street
    ...le:Roman Roads in Britannia.svg|right|thumb|250px|Roman roads: Dere Street in blue]] ...te extent, to the Roman fort at [[Inchtuthil]], north of the [[River Tay]] in [[Perthshire]]. It stretches therefore, perhaps some 226 miles.
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  • Melrose Abbey
    ...build their house here, in place of the ancient monastery which had stood in Melrose since Anglo-Saxon days. ...e Reformation and was headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Melrose. Today the abbey is maintained by [[Historic Scotland]].
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  • Southern Upland Way
    ...hern upland way.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The start of the Southern Upland Way in Portpatrick]] ...:Craigmichen Scar (6743034963).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Craigmichen Scar from the Southern Upland Way]]
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  • Sir Walter Scott Way
    .... It was created in memory of Sir Walter Scott, of one of the greatest of the romantic writers. ==The Way==
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  • Kelso Abbey
    ...so thus became the seat of a pre-eminently powerful abbacy in the heart of the border country. ...bulent combination of events, the abbey effectively ceased to function and the building fell into ruin.
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  • Jedburgh Abbey
    |picture caption="Jedburgh Abbey from the river 1798-99" (Thomas Girtin) ...ng David I of Scotland; one amongst a series of abbeys he created in these shires.
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  • Dryburgh Abbey
    ...Alnwick Abbey]] in [[Northumberland]].<ref>Chron. Melrose, s.a. 1150</ref> The canons along with their first abbot, Roger, arrived on 13 December 1152.<re ...urvive until the Scottish Reformation, when it and its lands were given to the Earl of Mar by King James VI.
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  • Roman Heritage Way
    ...geograph.org.uk - 588572.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The site of Trimontium, in the Eildon Hills]] ...s Wall]] and its forts, and the forts which the Romans maintained north of the wall. It is not an A – B route but has three arms, reaching east, west an
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  • Pershore Abbey
    ...' is the parish church of [[Pershore]] in [[Worcestershire]]. Once it was the church of an Anglo-Saxon abbey and is now a [[Church of England]] parish ch ...rshore, as its archives were probably destroyed in fires of 1002 and again in 1223.<ref name=Sims94-6 />
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  • Liddel Strength
    |picture caption=Liddel Strength (in trees on skyline) ...There are also fragmentary remains of a pele tower subsequently built upon the site.<ref>{{pastscape|975069|Liddel Strength}}</ref>
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  • Roscrea
    ...se.]</ref> The town is one of the oldest in Ireland which developed around the ancient monastery of Saint Crónán of Roscrea, parts of which remain prese ...n Ross Abbey]]s. One of the most famous books produced by the monastery is the Book of Dimma currently on display at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
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