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Martinlee Plantation is a homestead situated in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The settlement lies north-west of Martinlee Sike, a small watercourse that marks the local landscape. The homestead is founded on bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Osagean period. This mixed geology would have influenced both the construction materials available to settlers and the drainage characteristics of the site.
The homestead represents the pattern of rural settlement typical of the Scottish Borders, where individual farmsteads and small communities were dispersed across the agricultural landscape. The precise layout and construction sequence of buildings at Martinlee Plantation remain characteristic of post-medieval settlement in the region, when the distinction between fortified and unfortified dwellings became less pronounced and farming became the primary focus of frontier communities.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6600, recognising its archaeological importance to our understanding of Borders settlement patterns and rural economy.
Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6600. View the official record →
Martinlee Plantation is a homestead situated in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6600.
Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike 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 SM6600.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Martinlee Plantation, homestead SE of Martinlee Sike (0 km), Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of (0.1 km), Martinlee Sike, enclosure bank, field system, cairns & old road (0.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.