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Park Law is a homestead situated 500 metres south-east of Park Law in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders. The site occupies high ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, principally mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period. This ancient volcanic geology provides the bedrock foundation typical of the upland moorlands that dominate this region of the Scottish Borders.
The homestead represents a form of rural settlement that would have been occupied during the medieval or early modern period, though the monument's exact chronology has not been established through excavation. Such isolated steadings were characteristic of the borderland landscape, serving as individual farm units adapted to the demands of pastoral agriculture on elevated terrain. The site's location on volcanic bedrock, with its associated soils and drainage patterns, would have influenced both settlement placement and agricultural practice.
Park Law homestead is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4825, recognising its importance to the understanding of Roxburghshire's settlement history. The survival of such structures across the landscape provides evidence for patterns of land use and habitation that shaped the borderland over centuries.
Park Law,homestead 500m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4825. View the official record →
Park Law is a homestead situated 500 metres south-east of Park Law in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4825.
Park Law,homestead 500m SE 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 SM4825.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (4 km), Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn (4 km), Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Park Law,homestead 500m SE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Park Law,homestead 500m SE of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.