Border Reivers were not outlaws in the fugitive sense of the word; some may have lived separate from the main community, but most did not. They were often either farmers or land holders, ...

Border Reivers Archaeology Unit. Other bones had characteristic teeth marks on them, indicating that they had been bitten and gnawed by a dog or wolf.

A short history of the Debatable Lands and Border Reivers. By The Newsroom. Published 25th May 2016, 11:57 BST. Updated 25th May 2016, 13:02 BST. Scots Dyke boundary stone.

They were a ruthlessly inventive bunch of families who made their living across the Scotland-England border. And they were not afraid to deal with anyone who got in their way in the most brutal manner ...

The story of the Reivers, or Riding Families, and their cross-border raids over several hundred years, will be told in what has been dubbed a "high-tech horror show".

The Border Reivers: Borderers usually rode in family parties, in numbers that averaged between 12 and 50 men, although men could go out alone or in large scale raids of up to 2 or 3 thousand, ...