Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Southern Scotland
Includes ยป
Why Go?
Though wise folk are well aware of its charms, for many southern Scotland is just
something to drive through on the way to northern Scotland. Big mistake. But it does mean
there's breathing room here in summer, and peaceful corners.
Southern Scotland's proximity to England brought raiding and strife; grim borderland
fortifications saw skirmishes aplenty. There was loot to be had in the Borders, where large
prosperous abbeys ruled over agricultural communities. Regularly ransacked before their
