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Menzion Farm is an enclosed cremation cemetery situated in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 600 metres west-south-west of the farm itself. The monument lies on Gala Group bedrock, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period, which gives the underlying landscape its characteristic hard, compact metamorphic geology typical of the southern Scottish Uplands. This cemetery represents a significant funerary site from the prehistoric period, when cremation was the dominant burial practice across much of Iron Age Britain.
The enclosure that defines this cemetery would have served both practical and symbolic functions, marking the sacred space where the dead were interred and creating a boundary between the realm of the living and the dead. Such enclosed cremation cemeteries are a distinctive feature of later prehistoric communities in Scotland, reflecting organised ritual practices and social investment in burial sites. The choice of location, on the Telychian wacke bedrock of Peeblesshire, places it within a landscape that saw sustained settlement and activity throughout the Iron Age.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2702, recognising its archaeological significance and the information it holds about prehistoric funerary practices and social organisation in the Borders region.
Menzion Farm,enclosed cremation cemetery 600m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2702. View the official record →
Menzion Farm is an enclosed cremation cemetery situated in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 600 metres west-south-west of the farm itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2702.
Menzion Farm,enclosed cremation cemetery 600m 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 SM2702.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Weird Law, platform settlement 550m S of summit (0.8 km), Menzion Farm, settlement 735m SSW of (0.8 km), Menzion Farm,cairn 1280m SW of (0.8 km).
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Menzion Farm,enclosed cremation cemetery 600m WSW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.