RAMSHOPE, a district (extra-parochial), in the
southern division of COQUETDALE ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 16 miles (N. N. W.) from Bellingham,
containing 7 inhabitants. This wild region is separated
from Scotland by Carter-fell, a mountainous
ridge rising one thousand six hundred and two feet
above the level of the sea. The Reedswire, a less stupendous
barrier, extending from the former to Houndlaw,
was, in 1575, the scene of a warm conflict between
the English and the Scottish wardens, in which the former,
who was the aggressor, being defeated and taken
prisoner, was conveyed, with several of the border
chieftains, to Dalkeith; the old ballad, called " The
Battle of Reid Squair," was founded upon this affray.