carter bar
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Location Where the main road the A68 from Newcastle upon Tyne crosses the Border into Scotland. |
Carter Bar, being the boundary line, was where taxes and dues were collected. To be precise, the bar or toll point was to the north of the present crossing where the modern road to Jedburgh leaves the Hawick road . It was near here that the Redeswire incident occurred. On a Day of Truce, when representatives of both Scotland and England met to sort out their differences, an argument led to fighting and several deaths. Photograph by kind permission John Peters. This photograph and many other magnificent photographs of the Borders and elsewhere may be viewed on his web site at: www.a2jlp.co.uk |