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Newlands Church and graveyard is a historic religious site in Peeblesshire, located approximately 50 metres south-west of Newlands House. The church and its surrounding burial ground occupy ground underlain by the Tappins Group, a wacke formation dating from the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This metamorphic bedrock, typical of the Southern Uplands geology, would have presented practical challenges for both foundation and grave-digging throughout the site's use.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3071, reflecting its archaeological and historical significance within the local landscape. Church graveyards of this type served as focal points for settlement and religious life across rural Scotland, with their preservation enabling study of burial practices, community structure and land use over centuries.
The site's position within the Peeblesshire countryside, linked spatially to the adjacent Newlands House, suggests continuity of occupation and settlement at this location. The relationship between the church, graveyard and house represents the typical pattern of religious and domestic building that characterised Scottish rural parishes, with the ecclesiastical site potentially predating or contemporaneous with secular settlement nearby.
Newlands Church and graveyard, 50m SW of Newlands House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3071. View the official record →
Newlands Church and graveyard is a historic religious site in Peeblesshire, located approximately 50 metres south-west of Newlands House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3071.
Newlands Church and graveyard, 50m SW of Newlands 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 SM3071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penveny,settlement & scooped homestead NW of (6.9 km), Roman fort and annexe, 270m NNE of 3 Easter Happrew Cottages (7.3 km), Huskie Rig,mounds (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Newlands Church and graveyard, 50m SW of Newlands House'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.
Newlands Church and graveyard, 50m SW of Newlands House stands on Tappins Group, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.