Debatable Lands
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This article is about the lands contested between England and Scotland in the 13th–17th centuries. For the novel by Candia McWilliam, see Debatable Land. For the 2000 album, see Kathryn Tickell.
The Debatable Lands, also known as debatable ground, batable ground or threip lands,[1] lay between Scotland and England.[2] It was formerly in question as to which it belonged when they were distinct kingdoms.[3] The name either signifies litigious or disputable ground,[4] or it comes from the Old English word 'battable' (land suitable for fattening livestock).[5]