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Byrecleugh is a post-medieval farmstead located in Berwickshire, approximately 1900 metres west-north-west of the settlement it serves. The site sits upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a Telychian wacke formation that characterises much of the Southern Uplands geology in this region. This sedimentary stone would have been a natural building material available to the farmstead's inhabitants.
As a post-medieval agricultural settlement, Byrecleugh represents the farming practices and land management of the early modern period onwards. The farmstead's position and scale reflect the agricultural economy of Berwickshire during this era, when farms increasingly became more isolated and specialised holdings focused on pastoral and arable production suited to the rolling upland terrain.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4549, recognising its importance as evidence of rural settlement patterns and agricultural development in the Scottish Borders. The farmstead's survival within the modern landscape provides valuable information about the distribution and character of post-medieval settlement in this part of Berwickshire.
Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4549. View the official record →
Byrecleugh is a post-medieval farmstead located in Berwickshire, approximately 1900 metres west-north-west of the settlement it serves. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4549.
Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW 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 SM4549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mutiny Stones,long cairn 1100m NNW of Byrecleugh (1.1 km), Byrecleugh, farmstead and cultivation remains 300m SSW of (2 km), Dunside Hill, cairn 1225m S of Byrecleugh (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW of'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.
Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.