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Mordington is a medieval village and church located in Berwickshire, Scotland, 210 metres south of Mordington House. The settlement occupies land underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, primarily mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period. This volcanic bedrock shapes the local landscape and would have influenced medieval settlement patterns and construction practices in the area.
The site represents a characteristic medieval rural settlement of the Scottish Borders, where the church formed the spiritual and often physical focal point of the surrounding community. The church and village remain substantial archaeological evidence of medieval land use and social organisation in Berwickshire, with both structures and any associated earthworks preserving information about domestic life and religious practice from the medieval period.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument designation SM12359. This statutory protection recognises its significance as a surviving record of medieval settlement and ecclesiastical development. The site's archaeological potential, including buried features and artefacts within the soil, makes it an important resource for understanding medieval Berwickshire settlement patterns and the relationship between rural communities and their local churches during this period.
Mordington, medieval village and church 210m S of Mordington House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12359. View the official record →
Mordington is a medieval village and church located in Berwickshire, Scotland, 210 metres south of Mordington House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12359.
Mordington, medieval village and church 210m S of Mordington House dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a medieval village and church 210m s of mordington house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mordington, medieval village and church 210m S of Mordington House 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 SM12359.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle (4.6 km), Chester Crane promontory fort (4.7 km), Enclosure castle, two 16th century gun turrets and an early 17th century house (4.9 km).
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Mordington, medieval village and church 210m S of Mordington House stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.