What is recorded here
This stone was used by Sir Walter Scott when mounting his horse after his many visits to his friend Sheriff Shortreed. Then agent of the British Linen Bank here. Together they made several expeditions into Liddesdale collecting ballads for the composition
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- James Denham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jim Barton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mark Anderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- M J Richardson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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