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‘Round Eyemouth Map 3: The centre of town . 48 Chapter 9: Berwick and south. 129 Map 4: Old town/St Ella’s Wynd . 52 Berwick-upon-Tweed . 129 Acknowledgements Map 5: Around the Auld Kirk . 57 Northumberland coast south Map 6: Around the harbour . 61 of Berwick . 132 Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Map 7: Gunsgreen . 65 Spittal . 132 The Holy Island of Lindisfarne . 133 Chapter 2: An introduction to access Chapter 6: The Berwickshire coastal Bamburgh Castle, beach and rights in Scotland . 5 path . 69 village. 134 Neil Ramsay, Heritage Paths Project Berwick to Burnmouth . 69 Seahouses . 135 Officer, Scottish Rights of Way and Burnmouth to Eyemouth . 74 Craster and Dunstanburgh . 135 Access Society (ScotWays) Eyemouth to St Abbs Head. 77 Howick Hall gardens and St Abbs Head to Dowlaw arboretum. 136 Chapter 3: Eyemouth town (and Fast Castle) . 84 Alnmouth . 137 and fishing. 10 Alnwick . 137 Introduction . 10 Chapter 7: North of Eyemouth . 89 Ford and Etal . 139 Some of the issues relating to Coldingham. 89 Duddo Five Stones . 139 Black Friday in 1881 . 12 Coldingham circular walk The Maelmin Trail. 140 Of fisherfolk and smuggling. 15 (Bee Edge) . 95 Routin Lin. 140 Fishing now and into the future. 20 Walks around Pease Bay and Cove 99 Flodden Field . 141 Cove (and Cockburnspath) . 105 Norham . 141 Chapter 4: Some snapshots of Cockburnspath . 107 Twizel Castle . 142 Eyemouth history . 27 Dunbar . 108 The Hirsel Country Park, Eyemouth Fort and the Barefoots . 27 Coldstream . 142 The Eyemouth riot . 29 Chapter 8: Inland from Witches and witch-burnings . 30 Eyemouth . 111 Chapter 10: Cycling around The resurrectionists . 32 Ayton Castle and village . 112 Eyemouth . 143 Eyemouth railway line . 33 Manderston House . 116 Murder and hauntings most foul . 36 Duns Castle walks . 119 Select Bibliography . 146 Edin’s Hall Broch and Chapter 5: An overlook of Eyemouth Abbey St Bathans . 123 town . 39 Paxton House. 125 Map 1: Eyemouth . 39 Chain Bridge Honey Farm Map 2: The Bantry . 44 and around Horncliffe. 127 iii.

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