Hogback stones represented Viking homes in death — burials meant to carry them back to their roots. Weathered today, they remain enduring relics of Viking culture.#HogbackStone #VikingBurials #BordersHistory #VikingCulture #HistoryReels #ScottishHeritage | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

Welcome to autumn in the beautiful Scottish Borders 🍂 The colours are really starting to show at Dawyck Botanic Garden. It's a great time to see maples, rowans, Japanese katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), and North American golden birch (Betula alleghanien) in their seasonal splendour, as well as lichens and fungi. Visit this autumn, open daily 10am - 4pm until 30 November. | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Scottish Borders did not feature in Braveheart. Turns out it played a big part in William Wallace’s legacy as the site he was appointed Guardian of Scotland after Stirling Bridge. It is believed to have been in Selkirk. | Walkingbonniescotland

I’m swapping history and comedy for hiking—walking from St Mary’s Loch to Broad Law, the highest point in the Scottish Borders. Let’s enjoy the scenery.#ScottishBorders #BroadLaw #HikingScotland #HillWalking #OutdoorAdventure #StMarysLoch #Scotland | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

So much work went into building these tunnels—but for what? Does it really reach Cockburn’s Path? The coast’s history is full of mysteries and changes.#ManMadeTunnels #ScottishBorders #TunnelExploring #HiddenHistory #CaveMystery #CoastalAdventure #UrbanExploration | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol

What links Scotland to the Middle East? From the Crusades to the Knights Templar, history ties these distant lands closer than we imagine.#ScottishHistory #MiddleEast #HistoricConnections #KnightsTemplar #BordersHistory #HistoryReels | Discover Scottish Borders with Mark Nicol