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Title
The Return from Hornshole 1514
Date
2012–2014
Medium
bronze
Accession number
TD9_MA_S013
Acquisition method
commissioned by Hawick Common-Riding Committee
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Hawick Community Council
Custodian
Hawick Community Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
15th May 2014
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THIS SCULPTURE WAS PUT IN PLACE AS PART OF HAWICKS 500TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF HORNSHOLE. IT IS A COOMPANION PIECE FOR THE 1514 PIECE AT THE OTHER END OF THE HIGH STREET UNVEILED FOR THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1914. / TRADITION HAS IT THAT IN 1514 AFTER THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN IN 1513, A GROUP OF HAWICH YOUTHS OVERCAME AN ENGLISH RAIDING PARTY TWO MILES EAST OF THE TOWN AT A SPOT ON THE RIVER TEVIOT CALLED HORNSHOLE. CAPTURING THE FLAG. MANY ADULT MALES HAD FALLEN AT FLODDEN, LEAVING ONLY BOYS TO DEFEND THEIR COMMUNITIES.THE CAPTURED BANNER WAS BROUGHT BACK TO HARWICK BY THE VICTORIOUS YOUTHS. THE SCENE SHOWS A CALLANT, A YOUNG LAD DISMOUNTED FROM HIS HORSE BEING WELCOMED BACK TO THE TOWN BY AN ELDERLY COUPLE YOUNG BOY AND GIRL. IT SYMBOLISES THE AWE AND PRIDE OF THE TOWNS PEOPLE BY THIS SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT VICTORY.THE MONUMENT WAS FUNDED BY THE HAWICK COMMON RIDING COMMITTEE AND SCULPTED BY BELTANE STUDIOS PEEBLES. IT TOOK 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.