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    The Scots' Dike or dyke is a three and a half mile / 5.25 km long linear earthwork, constructed by the English and the Scots in 1552 to mark the division...
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  • Scot's Dike or Scot's Dyke may refer to: Scot's Dyke, a linear earthwork in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire Scots' Dike, a linear earthwork constructed...
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    Debatable Lands between England and Scotland, with a line, known as the Scots' Dike, drawn from Esk to Sark, abolishing the Debatable Lands' de facto independence...
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    Anglo-Scottish border (category Scots law)
    of Drumlanrigg leading the Scots; Lord Wharton leading the English; the French ambassador acting as umpire. The Scots' Dike was built as the new frontier...
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    History of Northumberland History of Scotland List of walls Offa's Dyke Scots' Dike Via Hadriana The Roman province of Britannia included the territory of...
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  • Scot’s Dyke, also known as the Scots Dyke or the Scots Dike, is a linear earthwork in the district of Richmondshire in the county of North Yorkshire,...
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    named for Berwick-upon-Tweed Minister of South Berwick Scottish Marches Scots' Dike Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War The smaller hamlet of Marshall...
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    Scottish Borders (category Articles containing Scots-language text)
    Scotland Robert Smail's Printing Works – National Trust for Scotland Scots' dike Smailholm Tower – Historic Scotland Southern Upland Way – National Trails...
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    formerly one of the boundaries of the Debatable Lands as marked by the Scots' Dike. The various tributaries of the Esk are described proceeding downstream...
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  • United Kingdom dates to around 3600 BC near Hambleton Hill in Dorset. The Scots' Dike was built in 1552 to mark the border between England and Scotland. In...
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    south of Gretna. The Scots defeated the English at the Battle of Sark in October 1448. It was a significant victory for the Scots, who had not defeated...
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    Rule Water Ruletownhead Salenside Saughtree, Saughtree railway station Scots' Dike Scott's View Selkirk, Selkirk Castle, Selkirk Common Shankend Siccar...
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    question to which it belonged, when they were distinct kingdoms. The Scots' Dike which was dug in 1552 to divide up the Debatable lands. Welsh Marches...
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  • Scotland are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the Scots' Dike in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both...
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  • unintuitive spelling) is a rural area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Scots dike and the Glenzier burn. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 85 Carlisle...
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    Dyke railway station was a railway station in Cumberland close to the Scots' Dike, the traditional border with Scotland. The station was opened on 25 October...
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    Scotland are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the Scots' Dike in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both...
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    English victory over the combined Scots, Strathclyders and Hiberno-Norse), Athelstan came to an accommodation with the Scots. During this time, Scandinavian...
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    Scotland are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the Scots' Dike in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both...
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    with England, were settled by a French led commission in 1552 and the Scots' Dike built to mark the boundary. The accession of James VI to the English...
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  • Tenterground "DYKE, DIKE, n. and v." Dictionary of the Scots Language. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2013. "Scot's Word of the Week...
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    Wat's Dyke (category Ancient dikes)
    earthwork created during sub-Roman decades in Wiltshire and Somerset Scots' Dike, a 3+1⁄2-mile (6 km) linear earthwork constructed in 1552 to mark the...
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    (L) Marsh Dike (L) Angram Dike (L) Old Ings Dike (R) Clough Dike (R) Dam Dike (L) Sike Dike (R) Parkhill Dike (R) Heron Dike (R) Holmes Dike (L) River...
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    the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-31. "DYKE, DIKE, n. and v." Dictionary of the Scots Language. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Retrieved...
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    of privateers. In 1627, the Royal Scots Navy and privateers participated in the major expedition to Biscay. The Scots also returned to West Indies and...
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  • retrieved 19 July 2024 Historic England, "Milepost on parish boundary at Scots Dike, Easby (1179632)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 July...
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    Islands. It was gradually being replaced by Middle Scots. From the mid sixteenth century, written Scots was increasingly influenced by the developing Standard...
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    Funzie Girt (category Ancient dikes)
    Funzie Girt (/ˈfɪni ɡɜːrt/; Scots: Funyie Girt "Finns' dyke") is an ancient dividing wall that was erected from north to south across the island of Fetlar...
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    with the River Clyde. The name 'Inch' is Scots deriving from the Gaelic 'Innis', an island. The name 'Ron' in Scots refers to a thicket of hawthorns or rose...
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    uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks, and small intrusions. They are alkaline...
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