# Event Details - **Event Name**: ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Overview Before Merlin became the wizard of Camelot, he was Lailoken — a wild prophet wandering the forests of Tweeddale... Pay what you can All proceeds go towards developing and building our living archive as part of the MetaMapping the BorderLands project. We are a non-profit community interest company. ReMembering the Borderlands — Live at Bedrule Church An evening with historian and storyteller Mary Craig, exploring the oldest and strangest version of a figure everyone thinks they know. This Evening: Merlin — The Wild Man of the Woods Before Merlin became the wizard of Arthurian legend, he was Lailoken — a wild prophet wandering the forests of Tweeddale, driven mad by grief after battle. The Scottish Borders tradition holds that Merlin lived among the trees and animals of the upper Tweed valley, that he split the Whiteadder and Blackadder with a strike of his staff, and that he met his prophesied threefold death at Drummelzier, where the Powsail Burn meets the Tweed. This is not the Merlin of Camelot. This is something older and stranger — a figure of the threshold between civilisation and wildness, reason and prophecy. The real Merlin belongs to these hills. Mary Craig traces the Borders Merlin through landscape and legend. The Series ReMembering the Borderlands is a series of four monthly evenings running April through July 2026. Four figures from the Scottish Borders. Philosopher, Prophet, Wizard, Saint. 29 April — Duns Scotus: The Subtle Doctor 27 May — Merlin: The Wild Man of the Woods 24 June — Michael Scott: The Wizard of the Eildons 29 July — St Cuthbert: From the Tweed to the Edge of the World Each evening is a gathering — not a lecture. A talk by Mary W Craig, followed by community sharing and open conversation. If you have stories, memories, local knowledge, or family connections to the figure being discussed, this is the space to share them. Everything shared becomes part of a growing, community-built living archive of Borders heritage as part of our MetaMapping the BorderLands. Book each evening separately or come to all four. The Venue Bedrule Church is a historic stone church in Teviotdale, recently taken into community ownership by Bedrule Church Future. We're pleased to be launching this series from a building with its own story of community custodianship — a space held by the people, for the people. Bedrule sits between Hawick and Jedburgh, easily reached from across the Scottish Borders via the B6358. On the Evening 6:30 PM — Doors open 7:00 PM — Welcome, introductions, and the talk begins (40–45 minutes) 7:45 PM — Community sharing and open conversation (15–20 minutes) Approx. 8:30 PM — Close About Maiden Mother Crone Maiden Mother Crone is a Community Interest Company based in the Scottish Borderlands, working at the meeting point of heritage, community, and living tradition. We produce the quarterly publication Sacred Land Reflections, deliver community heritage events, and are working on many BorderLand heritage sites as projects, such as St Ronan's Wells in Innerleithen. Website: maiden-mother-crone.org Patreon: patreon.com/cw/MaidenMotherCroneCIC Email: info@maiden-mother-crone.org - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hawick/remembering-the-borderlands-merlin-the-wild-man-of-the-woods/200029937934955 - **Event Categories**: meetups, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 15 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Hawick - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Bedrule Church, Bedrule, Scottish Borders, TD9 8TE - **lat**: 55.45344 - **long**: -2.63309 - **full address**: Bedrule Church, Bedrule, Scottish Borders, TD9 8TE, Hawick, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/0c33a342c899b80eef608465714e714c40edb6e2b4c0abb407081dbe991bd212-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1c1b17-gmir?v=1776163548 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods being held? - **A:** ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods takes place on Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Bedrule Church, Bedrule, Scottish Borders, TD9 8TE, Hawick, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods? - **A:** ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods is organized by Maiden Mother Crone CIC. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "ReMembering the Borderlands: Merlin - The Wild Man of the Woods", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/0c33a342c899b80eef608465714e714c40edb6e2b4c0abb407081dbe991bd212-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1c1b17-gmir?v=1776163548", "startDate": "2026-05-27T19:00:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/hawick/remembering-the-borderlands-merlin-the-wild-man-of-the-woods/200029937934955", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Bedrule Church, Bedrule, Scottish Borders, TD9 8TE", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "name": "Bedrule Church, Bedrule, Scottish Borders, TD9 8TE, Hawick, United Kingdom", "addressLocality": "Hawick", "addressRegion": "SC", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "55.45344", "longitude": "-2.63309" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Overview\nBefore Merlin became the wizard of Camelot, he was Lailoken — a wild prophet wandering the forests of Tweeddale...\n\nPay what you can\n\nAll proceeds go towards developing and building our living archive as part of the MetaMapping the BorderLands project. 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