| Introduction
The Scottish Borders region of
Scotland covers much of the south
east corner of the country and includes two main types of
land use with intensive agriculture in the east and upland
grouse moor and rough grazing in the west. The majority of
the stones are to be found in the upland areas were
habitation and agriculture is less intensive, in fact, for
the dedicated stone hunter, I firmly believe that lost
stones still exist that have yet to be found and documented,
particularly along the centuries old county boundaries in
the high Tweedsmuir hills. This upland area has suffered
from intensive glaciation during the last Ice Age and some
interesting erratic boulders can be found. With around 80
sites recorded by the author and some 20 or so still to be
visited, there is plenty to interest the stone hunter and
although stone circles are few and far between, and those
that have survived the passage of time are small and simply,
many standing stones exist and are well worth seeking out.
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