After the Second World War, an unusual figure became part of life in the Scottish Borders: Wojtek, the Polish soldier bear. Adopted as a cub by Polish troops in the Middle East, he travelled with them across the Mediterranean and through wartime Italy, where he became famous for helping carry ammunition during the Battle of […]

FULLY BOOKED This event is part of a sub-project developed in collaboration with Till Valley Archaeological Society as part of Uncovering the Tweed. The St Cuthbert’s Chapel Landscape project will examine the landscape in and around the site of St Cuthbert’s Chapel. The ruined chapel dates to the late 18th to 19th century, but potentially […]

Riddell Fiddles presents a 40 minute foray, with live music and visuals, into the fascinating life and history of the little egret, celebrating its return to Scotland and the River Tweed. This concert includes Tweed Fiddles, and takes place at the historic Ednam House Hotel, Kelso. ‘The Meteoric Rise of the Little Egret’ project is […]

We arrived in Berwickshire, in the wide valley of the River Tweed and its tributary the Whiteadder, for our stay in Allanton. All around were huge combines, tractors and trailers cutting, winnowing, baling and carrying off barley and specialist wheat. This is a land of big estates and large farms. The population is much sparser […]

FULLY BOOKED Join AOC Archaeology Group’s geophysics team for an intro to geophysical survey at Sprouston investigating prehistoric through to early medieval activity, as part of Uncovering the Tweed. We will be investigating the context of a series of cropmarks depicting activity from prehistory to present. Meet for an introduction to resistivity survey technique, then […]

Beneath our feet lie geological clues about our distant past and evidence of how life evolved on Earth. In Berwickshire and north Northumberland, the most common rocks are Carboniferous limestones, mudstones and sandstones. In the lowlands surrounding the River Tweed, the bedrock is covered by thick glacial deposits of clay, silt and sand. Embedded in […]