Not quite. The Scottish Borders is now termed a county, and comprises of the historic counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire and impinge on the similarly historic counties of East Lothian and Midlothian. The actual 'border' runs 108 miles (174 kilometres) from North of Carlisle to north of Berwick upon Tweed taking in its most southern extremity.