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Black Esk Bridge farmstead and cultivation remains is a post-medieval settlement located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated 680 metres south of Black Esk Bridge. The site comprises the structural remains of a farmstead together with the surrounding field systems and cultivation traces that characterise rural settlement from the sixteenth century onwards. These monuments represent the everyday infrastructure of agricultural life in the southern uplands during the early modern period.
The farmstead exploits the local geology effectively, built upon the wacke bedrock of the Hawick Group, which underlies this part of Dumfriesshire. The Wenlock-age sedimentary rocks provided solid foundations for construction and evidence of their working is visible in the surrounding landscape. The combination of building remains and cultivation patterns preserves a record of how communities organised their land use and structured their domestic economy at this location.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument reference SM4693, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement patterns in southern Scotland. The survival of both the farmstead structures and the associated cultivation remains makes this monument valuable for understanding the agricultural history and landscape organisation of the region during this formative period of Scottish rural development.
Black Esk Bridge,farmstead and cultivation remains 680m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4693. View the official record →
Black Esk Bridge farmstead and cultivation remains is a post-medieval settlement located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated 680 metres south of Black Esk Bridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4693.
Black Esk Bridge,farmstead and cultivation remains 680m S of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead and cultivation remains. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Black Esk Bridge,farmstead and cultivation remains 680m S of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4693.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirtlehead, unenclosed settlement 1850m N of (6 km), Newhall Hill,enclosures (6.4 km), Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N of (6.8 km).
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Black Esk Bridge,farmstead and cultivation remains 680m S of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.