Some excellent sources of information

Bodmer, Walter With Mckie, Robin. Book Of Man; The Quest To Discover Our Genetic Heritage Oxford University Press; ( ISBN: 0195114876)

Kerr, Anthony.  Ferniehirst Castle - Scotland's Frontier Stronghold. Jedburgh, Roxburgshire, Scotland: Kelso Graphics. 

Lang, Andrew & John, . Border Life in Days Gone By. Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland: Lang Syne Publishers.

MacDonald Fraser, George. Steel Bonnets : The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers Trafalgar Square; (ISBN: 0002727463)

Nebergall, P.J.  Reiving, Feuding and Primitive Warefare.  The Journal of World Anthropology (ISSN 1075-2579) was produced and published periodically at the University at Buffalo.

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