Miscellany
The term 'lands Debatable' was still being used as late as 1604 by the Supreme Courts of Justice in Scotland.
In Scotland a dike is a stone wall, but in England a dyke is a ditch. In the Cumbrian dialect of English a Dike is the name given to a banked hedgerow.
The Battle of Solway Moss took place in the Debatable land near Gretna on 24 November 1542. It was described as a rout in which the Scots lost and shortly after James V of Scotland died, although he had not been present at the battle in person.
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