© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Menzion Farm is a three enclosed cremation cemeteries located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 1550 metres west-south-west of the farm. The monument comprises three separate burial enclosures, each designed to contain cremated human remains, and represents an important Bronze Age funerary site within the Tweed Valley landscape. Such cemeteries are characteristic of the second millennium BC, when cremation became the dominant burial practice across Scotland.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a hard wacke formation laid down during the Telychian period of the Ordovician. This tough, grainy stone would have presented considerable challenges for the construction of the burial enclosures, yet the Bronze Age inhabitants selected this location despite these geological constraints, suggesting its significance within the wider settlement pattern of the period.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM2725, acknowledging its archaeological importance and vulnerability. The three-enclosure arrangement is characteristic of communal burial practices and may indicate the cemetery's use by related family groups or generations of inhabitants over several centuries. The site contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement, ritual practice and land use in the upland reaches of the Scottish Borders.
Menzion Farm,three enclosed cremation cemeteries 1550m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2725. View the official record →
Menzion Farm is a three enclosed cremation cemeteries located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 1550 metres west-south-west of the farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2725.
Menzion Farm,three enclosed cremation cemeteries 1550m 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 SM2725.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Menzion Farm,palisaded settlement 1550m SW of (0.3 km), Weird Law, platform settlement 550m S of summit (0.4 km), Menzion Farm,cairn 1280m SW of (0.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Menzion Farm,three enclosed cremation cemeteries 1550m WSW of'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.
Menzion Farm,three enclosed cremation cemeteries 1550m WSW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.