Carter Bar

Carter Bar was the location of the "truce days", at which the wardens of the English and Scottish marches would meet to dispense cross-border justice. Truce days were also held at Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed. In 1575, Carter Bar was the scene of the Raid of the Redeswire, one of the last large-scale battles between the English and the Scots. In the 19th century a toll road was constructed from Carter Bar to the market town of Hawick, necessitating the building of the Bonchester Bridge over the Rule Water.