ABSTRACT
Westrigg is an upland parish in a mainly rural county in the south of Scotland. It belongs to ‘the Borders’, a not clearly defined area of Scotland whose inhabitants regard themselves as a slightly different group within the nation, different for example in dialect and in the Common Riding ceremonies of border towns. There are Border Associations in Edinburgh and Glasgow for borderers exiled in these two cities. The main routes from England north all by-pass the parish, and it is regarded as a somewhat isolated place by people of neighbouring districts who live nearer the main lines of communication.
