After lunch I took Ann to the Johnnie Armstrong gallery, seven miles upriver, at Teviothead, also known by its old name of Carlenrig.

I hadn't noticed this wee brass plaque at the right hand side of the entrance before - the old smithy which now houses the gallery has another claim to fame.

At the gallery Ann bought me this new belt, with celtic buckle.

Armstrong had ridden to this spot from his home at Gilnockie Tower in answer to his invitation to meet the King.

He had expected a friendly meeting but instead he was hanged on the spot and his followers were also murdered by the king's men. Their bodies were thrown into a pit and this stone marks the spot.

The murder of the Armstrongs caused a loss of Scottish morale. Reivers they may have been, but in exchange for the manrent paid to them and for the ground to build Gilnockie Tower they had helped protect the Scottish landowners against the English.

The memorial stone in the adjacent kirkyard is in the dappled shade of yew trees.