Throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the border country was ravaged by lawless Reiver families in a vicious cycle of raid, reprisal and blood feud.

• 在15与16世纪中，这两地交界处的村庄各有不受两地律法管辖的”雷夥”家族，陷入在袭击、报复、结成世仇这样的惨烈轮迴。