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Jethart 2009 Callant's Festival...
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From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. Forced by extreme circumstances, many Borderers took to reiving to ensure the survival of their families and communities.
Border Families - from the 1300s to 1600s; these fericous men's way of life was first born out of need. They were also great poets, artists and musicians. Their descendants today have become presidents, world leaders and some of the first men to walk on the moon.
An impression of the Borders and Border Abbeys filmed by American tourists
Jedburgh Border Games 2006 - held each year at the end of the Callants Festival
David I founded Jedburgh Abbey in 1138 in the years before he became King of Scots. Made from local stone, it took over 100 years to complete the abbey. Nowadays the abbey is in the care of Historic Scotland and can be visited.