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Bonnie Laws is a post-medieval settlement and field system located 850 metres north-east of Cocklawfoot in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, comprising mafic lavas and tuffs formed during the Devonian period. This ancient volcanic bedrock provided the stone resources available to later settlers establishing their community on this upland terrain.
The settlement represents the agricultural organisation of the post-medieval period, when farming families constructed dwellings and arranged their surrounding land into distinct field systems for cultivation and stock management. Such settlements were typical of rural Roxburghshire, where scattered homesteads formed the basis of the regional economy. The field boundaries visible on the landscape record the division of arable and pastoral land according to the needs and tenure arrangements of the period.
Bonnie Laws is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5739, recognising its importance as evidence for rural settlement patterns and land-use practices in the Scottish Borders. The site contributes to understanding how communities adapted to and utilised the distinctive geology and topography of the borderlands landscape during the centuries following the medieval period.
Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5739. View the official record →
Bonnie Laws is a post-medieval settlement and field system located 850 metres north-east of Cocklawfoot in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5739.
Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement and field system 850m ne of cocklawfoot. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot 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 SM5739.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (3.9 km), Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (4.1 km), Russell's Cairn, cairn (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.