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Harelaw Moor is a post-medieval farmstead situated 1500 metres north-east of Barebreeks Wood in Berwickshire, Scotland. The settlement occupies land underlain by Stratheden Group bedrock, a Late Devonian formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have influenced both the availability of building stone and the character of the surrounding terrain. This geology is typical of the rolling moorland landscape of the eastern Borders, where such stone deposits supported rural settlement and agriculture from the medieval period onwards.
The farmstead represents the pattern of dispersed rural habitation that characterised the post-medieval Borders. Farmers in this region utilised the local geology to construct their buildings and managed moorland and pasture for stock rearing and subsistence agriculture. The site's location on the high moorland north-east of Barebreeks Wood reflects the distribution of settlement across Berwickshire's varied topography.
Harelaw Moor is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM4490, recognising its significance as a surviving example of post-medieval rural settlement in the Borders. The site contributes to understanding patterns of land use and settlement development in early modern Berwickshire.
Harelaw Moor,farmstead 1500m NE of Barebreeks Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4490. View the official record →
Harelaw Moor is a post-medieval farmstead situated 1500 metres north-east of Barebreeks Wood in Berwickshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4490.
Harelaw Moor,farmstead 1500m NE of Barebreeks Wood dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead 1500m ne of barebreeks wood. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Harelaw Moor,farmstead 1500m NE of Barebreeks Wood 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 SM4490.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Halliburton,cairn 1300m N of (0.7 km), Harelaw Moor,earthwork 750m ENE of Barebreeks Wood (1.1 km), Blackcastle Rings,fort (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Harelaw Moor,farmstead 1500m NE of Barebreeks Wood'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.
Harelaw Moor,farmstead 1500m NE of Barebreeks Wood stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.