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Dry Slack is a post-medieval farmstead and enclosure located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site occupies land underlain by pyroclastic rock from an unnamed igneous intrusion that formed during the Early Devonian period, some 400 million years ago. This volcanic geology would have influenced both the landscape and the quality of land available for cultivation and settlement in this border region.
The farmstead represents occupation and agricultural use during the post-medieval period, when farming practices and settlement patterns across the Borders were adapting to changing economic conditions and social structures. The associated enclosure indicates organised land management and livestock husbandry typical of the era, with boundaries deliberately constructed to define and control agricultural space around the working farmstead.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5234, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement and land use in Roxburghshire. Such farmsteads contribute to understanding how communities managed the distinctive landscapes of the Scottish Borders across the early modern period.
Dry Slack,farmstead and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5234. View the official record →
Dry Slack is a post-medieval farmstead and enclosure located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5234.
Dry Slack,farmstead and enclosure dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead and enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dry Slack,farmstead and enclosure 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 SM5234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed round house, 200m north of Barrow Cleugh (6.2 km), Round cairn 420m north-east of Blindburn Bridge (7.9 km), Round cairn on Shillhope Law (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dry Slack,farmstead and enclosure'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.
Dry Slack,farmstead and enclosure stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is pyroclastic-rock.