Anglo-Scottish border north of the boundary for oil installations established by the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987. The border country, historically known as the Scottish Marches, is the area either side of the Anglo-Scottish border including parts of the modern council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders, and parts of the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. It is a hilly area, with the Scottish Southern Uplands to the north, and the Cheviot Hills forming the border between the two countries to the south. From the Norman conquest of England until the reign of James VI of Scotland,
Buccleuch, Scottish Borders in the early 19th century. The cleugh itself supposedly acquired its name after an ancestor of the Scott family slew a buck there. There is the remains of a watermill at the head of Buck Cleugh, and further up the valley of the Rankle Burn are the remains of Buccleuch Church and Phenzhopehaugh Motte, another fortification of the Scotts. Buccleuch, Scottish Borders East and West Buccleuch ( ) are two homesteads in the Scottish Borders, in the Ettrick parish of historic Selkirkshire. They are located off the B711, at the confluence of the Rankle Burn and the Clear Burn, in