Cockburnspath

Cockburnspath is a village in South-East of Scotland near the English Border and on the North Sea coast. It is located between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed, at the eastern end of the Southern Upland Way long-distance footpath, which spans the entire breadth of Scotland. It is also the final point of the Sir Walter Scott Way. This is an historic and very scenic destination that was briefly home to painters  James Guthrie and Edward Arthur Walton, who came to study the remarkable landscape.

Archaeological finds in the area suggest that a settlement has existed at the location since the Bronze Age, and geologically speaking, the location has a special scientific interest. In particular, Siccar Point was the basis of James Hutton's theory of uniformitarian geological development — an early non-conformist theory of the Earth's evolution that pre-dated Darwin. 

The lands of Cockburnspath formed part of the dowry given by James IV of Scotland to Margaret Tudor, the daughter of Henry VII of England on their marriage in 1503, which became known as the Marriage of the Thistle and the Rose. These emblems of the Scottish and English are depicted on Cockburnspath's 16th century market cross.