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SUW INFORMATION BOARDS

At regular intervals along the length of the SUW the Rangers have erected very informative boards detailing various aspects of the Way and the surrounding countryside, enclosed within a tiny rain-proof shelter. Each board has specific information on the area in which it is situated. The locations of the many SUW information boards are given in the various route sections of the Trail Guide.

During 2005, as part of the celebrations of the 21st Anniversary of the SUW (opened in April 1984), 13 artist-made boxes called ‘kists’ were hidden at locations along the SUW, one on each of the (then) 13 stages. Inside each box is a hoard of special ‘waymerks’, small lead or copper tokens marked with tiny, minted images (a Merk was a Scots coin valued at 13s 8d). These represent some aspect of the archaeology, history or wildlife of the area of the hiding place. The Waymerks project has proved popular with people walking the Way in search of these special mementoes.

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