River Sark
The River Sark or Sark Water is a river best known for forming part of the western border between Scotland and England. Most of its short length, however, is entirely in Scotland. It flows into the estuary of the River Esk just to the south of Gretna.[1]
History
The Scots defeated the English at the Battle of Sark in October 1448. It was a significant victory for the Scots, who had not defeated England since the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.[2]
The river has been made famous, partially by the Robert Burns' poem, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation, which in the first verse it says:
The poem's subject was the alleged sale of Scotland in the
The area around the Sark was notoriously marshy and sandy, as much of the coast of the north west
Its name is not connected with "Cutty Sark".
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
- ^ "Battle of Sark site near Gretna added to Scots battlefield list". BBC News. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Burns, Robert. "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation". Burns Country. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "The Union of the Parliaments, 1707". Scotland's History. Education Scotland. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Why Flee to Gretna Green?". Gretna Green. Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Debatable Land". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 August 2016.