Commemorative plaque 89770

This blue commemorative plaque records: Skiprunning Burn. Nearby runs the town burn, also known as the Back Burn, now culverted. It ran from above the town, behind the houses in the Castlegate and High Street into the River Jed at the foot of the town, originally providing water for the Abbey and acting as part of the burgh defences. Later it provided power for workshops and perhaps sanitation. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Burgh of Jedburgh.

Skiprunning Burn was a significant local watercourse that initially supplied water to the nearby abbey and served as part of the town's defensive structure, later supporting industrial activities and possibly sanitation in the area.