List of public art in the Scottish Borders

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This is a list of public art in Scottish Borders, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Map of Scotland with the Scottish Borders council area highlighted

Burnmouth

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Widow and Bairns The Harbour, Burnmouth 2007Jill Watson SculptureBronze Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1]

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Coldstream

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Monument to Charles Albany Marjoribanks Tweed Terrace, Coldstream 1832Mr Currie of Darnick Statue on Doric columnStone Category BQ17848761 [3]
War memorial High Street, Coldstream 1923Sir George Washington Browne Cenotaph with wall and plaquesStone and bronze [4]

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Coldstream Guards Monument Henderson Park, Coldstream 1968 Inscribed monolithStone [5]
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Cove

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Widow and Bairns Cove 2007Jill Watson SculptureBronze Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2]
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Duns

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Mercat cross Market Square, Duns c. 1792 Column on pedestalSandstone Category B [6]
War memorial Public Park, Duns c. 1920s ObeliskStone [7]
Polish war memorial Duns 1981 Cross on pillar and basePolished granite [8]
Wojtek the Bear Market Square, Duns 2016 SculptureFibreglass [9][10]
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Earlston

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War memorial Station Road, Earlston 1921Thomas J Clapperton Celtic cross on monolith with plaquesGranite and bronze4.5m high [11]
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Eyemouth

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1881 Eyemouth Disaster Memorial Cemetery Gardens, Eyemouth Pillar and pedestalStone
Willie Spears, (1812–1885) Market Square, Eyemouth c. 2006 StatueBronze
Widows and Bairns Eyemouth 2007Jill Watson SculptureBronze5m long, 1.2m high Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2]
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Galashiels

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Robert Burns Galashiels 1912Francis William Doyle Jones Bust on pedestalBronze and granite Category CQ56633763 [12]
War memorial Burgh Chambers, Cornmill Square, Galashiels 1924Robert Lorimer (architect) Relief sculpture and plaquesStone and bronze Category BQ17853842 Figure of Angel of Peace carved by David Sutherland[13][14]

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Border Reivers Cornmill Square, Galashiels 1925Thomas J Clapperton Equestrian statue on pedestal and stepsBronze and stone Category BQ17853847 [15]

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Walter Scott Cornmill Square, Galashiels 1932Thomas J Clapperton Bust on pedestal with plaqueBronze and granite Category CQ56633764 [16]
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Hawick

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Boer War memorial Walton Lodge Park, Hawick 1903William Birnie Rhind Statue on pedestalStone Category CQ77781150 JN Scott and A Lorne Campbell, architects[17][18]
The Horse, 1514 Memorial High Street, Hawick 1914William Francis Beattie Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stone Category AQ17571529 [19][20]

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War memorial Walton Lodge Park, Hawick 1921James B Dunn and Alexander Leslie, sculptor Cenotaph with statueStone and bronze6.5m high Category CQ77781163 [17][21]

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Jimmie Guthrie Walton Lodge Park, Hawick 1939Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [22]
James Thomson Thomson Bridge, Hawick 2006Bill Landles Sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone [23]
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Jedburgh

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War memorial The Ramparts, Jedburgh 1921James B Dunn Cenotaph on platformSandstone Category BQ17837025 [24][25]
James Hutton's Unconformity Lothian Park, Jedburgh Max Nowell SculptureStone
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Kelso

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War memorial Abbey Grounds, Kelso 1921Robert Lorimer Cross on platform with statue in nicheStone Category BQ17844315 Statue of St George by Pilkington Jackson[26][27]
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Melrose

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War memorial Melrose 1921 Cross on pedestalStone Q17844315 [28]
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Minto

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War memorial Parish Church, Minto 1925Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone Category BQ17844315 [29][30]
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Peebles

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War memorial Chambers Institute, Peebles 1922BNH Orphoot Domed canopy over plaques and crossSandstone Category BQ17845269 [31][32]
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St. Abbs

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Widow and Bairns Coldingham Road, St Abbs 2007Jill Watson SculptureBronze Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2]
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Selkirk

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Sir Walter Scott Market Place, Selkirk 1839Alexander Handyside Ritchie Statue on tiered pedestalStone Category BQ17846770 [33]

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Mungo Park High Street, Selkirk 1859, plaques 1905Andrew Currie and Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestal with plaques & supporting figuresStone and bronze Category BQ17846790 [34]

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Battle of Flodden High Street, Selkirk 1913Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Category BQ17846815 Statue depicts Fletcher, the only Selkirk man known to have survived the battle of Flodden in September 1513.[35][36]
War memorial Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk 1922Robert Lorimer Pillar on platform with plaques and statuesStone and bronze Category AQ17567896 Plaques by Thomas J Clapperton[37][38]
J. B. Selkirk (James Buchan Brown) Selkirk 1931Thomas J Clapperton PlaqueBronze Category CQ77771284 [39]
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