# Carter Bar > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carter_Bar > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carter_Bar.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Bar > Source revision: 1340533044 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Crossing-point on the border between Scotland and England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox landform |name = Carter Bar |type = [Pass](/source/Mountain_pass) |location = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) |pushpin_map = United Kingdom |pushpin_relief = yes |map_caption = Location in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) |image = |caption = |elevation = {{convert|418|m|ft}} |elevation_ref = {{cite book|title=An Eye to the Hills|first=Cameron|last=McNeish|page=311|publisher=Sandstone Press|year=2022|isbn=978-1-913-20787-8}} |grid_ref_UK = NT697068 |coordinates = {{Coord|55|21|16|N|02|28|39|W|display=inline,title}} }} '''Carter Bar''' is a [pass](/source/mountain_pass) in the [Cheviot Hills](/source/Cheviot_Hills), on the [Anglo-Scottish border](/source/Anglo-Scottish_border). It lies north-east of Carter Fell at the head of [Redesdale](/source/Redesdale), and is crossed by the [A68 road](/source/A68_road) as it runs north towards [Jedburgh](/source/Jedburgh) and [Teviotdale](/source/Teviotdale). The name "Carter Bar" is relatively modern, and refers to a [toll-gate](/source/toll-gate) that once stood here. Historically, the pass was known as the '''Redeswire''', from the Scots word ''swire'' meaning "col" or "pass".{{Cite web|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/swire|title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: swire}} The [Redeswire Fray](/source/Redeswire_Fray), the last skirmish between England and Scotland, was fought here in 1575.{{Cite book|last=Robb|first=Graham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dThUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT12 |title=Cols and Passes of the British Isles|date=2016|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-84614-874-3|language=en}} ==History== Carter Bar was the location of the "truce days", at which the [wardens](/source/Lord_Warden_of_the_Marches) of the English and Scottish marches would meet to dispense cross-border justice. Truce days were also held at [Carlisle](/source/Carlisle) and [Berwick-upon-Tweed](/source/Berwick-upon-Tweed). In 1575, Carter Bar was the scene of the Raid of the Redeswire, one of the last large-scale battles between the English and the Scots.{{cite book|title=The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers|first=Alistair|last=Moffat|page=246|publisher=Birlinn|year=2011|isbn=978-0-857-90115-6}} In the 19th century a toll road was constructed from Carter Bar to the market town of [Hawick](/source/Hawick), necessitating the building of the [Bonchester Bridge](/source/Bonchester_Bridge) over the [Rule Water](/source/Rule_Water).{{Cite book|last=Redpath|first=Alastair M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ST8AwAAQBAJ&q=bonchester+bridge&pg=PT161|title=Hawick Through Time|date=2014-05-15|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-3926-0|language=en}} ==Tourism== Carter Bar forms a popular point for tourists to stop and take photographs on the Anglo-Scottish border. There are two marker stones on either side of the A68 for this purpose, the original stone created by local Borders stonemason, Eddie Laub.{{cite book |title=Scott-Land: The Man Who Invented a Nation |first=Stuart |last=Kelly |page=104 |publisher=Birlinn |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-857-90021-0 }} Upper Redesdale, the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders) (including [Tweeddale](/source/Tweeddale)), and the Cheviot Hills are all visible from Carter Bar. However, its altitude means snow is possible even in late spring and early autumn, and the Carter Bar pass can be subject to frequent snow-related closures during the winter. {{gallery|mode=packed |File:The A68 at Carter Bar in 1933.jpg|Carter Bar in 1933 |File:Carter Bar, 1960 - geograph.org.uk - 1279830.jpg|Carter Bar in 1960 |File:A68 crossing the border at the Carter Bar - geograph.org.uk - 1409134.jpg|Carter Bar, 2009 |File:Carter Bar - geograph.org.uk - 1630061.jpg|Boundary stone |File:Carter Bar trig - geograph.org.uk - 800979.jpg|Carter Bar trig stone ([Triangulation station](/source/Triangulation_station)) |File:Carter-bar-scottish-borders.jpg|The Scottish Borders from Carter Bar |File:Scotland-England border Carter Bar 0n the A68. - geograph.org.uk - 61123.jpg|Road viewpoint in 2005 |File:Scottish-Northumbrian Border Crossing - geograph.org.uk - 1452794.jpg|Flags of [Scotland](/source/Scotland) and [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland) }} ==See also== * [List of places in the Scottish Borders](/source/List_of_places_in_the_Scottish_Borders) * [List of places in Northumberland](/source/List_of_places_in_Northumberland) ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313173615/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=56812 RCAHMS: Martinlee Sike] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044349/http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/news/26041.html Scottish Borders Council: Carter Bar / Homecoming 2009] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044417/http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/pdf/29619.pdf Scottish Borders Council, windfarm proposal] == References == {{Reflist}} Category:Anglo-Scottish border Category:Mountain passes of England Category:Mountain passes of Scotland Category:Cheviot Hills Category:Rochester, Northumberland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carter Bar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Bar) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Bar?action=history)). 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