Known locally as "The Horse", the statue was unveiled in 1914. It commemorates of local youths over a part of English raiders at Hornshole on the outskirts of the town in 1514. The statue shows the captured English flag being carried to Hawick. There is a good information board about it on the square.

Stuart Wilcock

August 18, 2025

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The 1514 memorial commemorates the four-hundredth anniversary of the skirmish at Hornshole, during which a band of young Hawick Callants routed a troop of English horsemen and stole their flag.

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