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Butter Sike is a post-medieval enclosure located 900 metres east-north-east of Attonburn in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs of Devonian age that form the bedrock of this upland region. These ancient volcanic deposits have weathered to create the rough pastureland characteristic of the Borders landscape.
The enclosure represents a field division system typical of early modern rural settlement and land management in south-east Scotland. Such enclosed fields became increasingly common from the sixteenth century onwards as farmers sought to control livestock and improve agricultural productivity. The monument's location in open moorland reflects the marginal nature of farming in Roxburghshire's higher ground.
Butter Sike is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5188, recognising its importance to understanding the development of post-medieval agriculture and land use in the Scottish Borders.
Butter Sike,enclosure 900m ENE of Attonburn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5188. View the official record →
Butter Sike is a post-medieval enclosure located 900 metres east-north-east of Attonburn in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5188.
Butter Sike,enclosure 900m ENE of Attonburn dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 900m ene of attonburn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Butter Sike,enclosure 900m ENE of Attonburn 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 SM5188.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn (7.9 km), Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (8.1 km), Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Butter Sike,enclosure 900m ENE of Attonburn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Butter Sike,enclosure 900m ENE of Attonburn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.