Cavers is a parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Roxburghshire, south and east of Hawick.

[1] Sir James had been Bruce's trusted lieutenant at Bannockburn in 1314, and was key to his power base in southern Scotland.

The lands were controlled by James, 2nd Earl of Douglas in right of his wife, and he, like so many other Douglases, was not to die in his bed, but on the field of battle, at Otterburn in 1388.

[5] In 12th-13th centuries the castle was possessed by the Baliols, but in 1352-3 passed to William, Lord Douglas, with the barony, by grant of Kind David II.

[3] The upper two storeys were altered in 17th century and an extension was added to the tower on its north side from 1750, such that between 1750 and 1884 a classical mansion was formed known as Cavers House.

[6] The old church of Cavers (dedicated to St. Cuthbert), which dates from 12th century, was rebuilt in 1662, although parts of the east gable, north wall and north-west corner survived from the original building.

The charter, by which the king made the grant is called the " Emerald Charter", but does not mention Cavers, [13] which probably passed to the Earl of Mar, Bruce's brother-in-law as the Countess of Mar was the individual who made the first grant of Cavers to her nephew, Archibald Douglas, in the reign of King Robert III.

[15] The two parts of the parish of Cavers were joined by a narrow strip east of Kirkton and south-west of Rubers Law.

Civil parishes in Scotland, as units of local government, were abolished in 1929 [18] but persist for censuses, administrative records and other purposes.

The southern less populated part of the parish comes within the Upper Teviotdale and Borthwick Water Community Council area.