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Chapel Knowe is a post-medieval farmstead situated 100 metres west-south-west of a named location in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks of mafic composition, including ancient lava flows and tuff deposits laid down during the Devonian period. This volcanic bedrock forms part of the geology characteristic of the Southern Uplands and would have presented both challenges and opportunities to early farmers seeking suitable ground for settlement and cultivation.
The farmstead belongs to the period following the medieval era, when Scottish agricultural settlement patterns underwent significant change. At Chapel Knowe, as at other rural holdings across Roxburghshire, farming families established themselves on land where earlier occupation may or may not have existed. The name itself, referencing a chapel, hints at the religious landscape of the region, though the precise relationship between the farmstead and any sacred site remains unclear.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM6638, recognising its importance to understanding post-medieval rural settlement and land use in the Scottish Borders. The volcanic geology beneath the farmstead has influenced both the character of the landscape and the choices made by those who farmed here over succeeding centuries.
Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6638. View the official record →
Chapel Knowe is a post-medieval farmstead situated 100 metres west-south-west of a named location in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6638.
Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW 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.
Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW 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 SM6638.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wattie's Spindles, pele house and associated buildings (0.3 km), Northbank Tower (1.1 km), Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.