Further reading

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Auld Roxburgh
http://sites.ecosse.net/
therowans.roxburgh/book/
In 1984, Brian Wain, a keen local historian, wrote a short history of Roxburgh. This book is no longer available. However, he is currently working on an updated version. The latest version of this new work can be downloaded from the 'Download' page on this website. It is hoped that the finished paperback should be available to purchase in the summer of 2004.

Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
www.sair.org.uk/sair2/
The origins of the settlements at Kelso and Peebles, Scottish Borders: archaeological excavations in Kelso and Floors Castle and Cuddyside/Bridgegate, Peebles by the Border Burghs Archaeology Project and the Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust, 1983-1994 by P J Dixon et al (Published in January 2003 by The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in association with The Council for British Archaeology and Historic Scotland), available free of charge

This is a report on archaeological work in two of Scotland's less well-known medieval burghs Kelso and Peebles. The excavations at Wester Kelso/Floors Castle established that the original medieval burgh of Kelso or Wester Kelso was much further west than previously believed, being situated well inside the present castle policies. That early settlement at Wester Kelso appears to have been abandoned in the 14th or 15th centuries, at the same time that the royal burgh of Roxburgh was deserted, probably as a result of the English occupation of Roxburgh Castle.

The entire report is available as a downloadable pdf file.

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