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Latitude: 55.364 / 55°21'50"N
Longitude: -2.5436 / 2°32'36"W
OS Eastings: 365638
OS Northings: 607911
OS Grid: NT656079
Mapcode National: GBR B6PD.3Z
Mapcode Global: WH8Z2.WFYR
Entry Name: Martinlee Plantation, homestead SE of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled Date: 28 February 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6601
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead
Location: Southdean
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Hawick and Denholm
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument to be scheduled is the remains of a homestead of prehistoric date on the SE side of the Martinlee Sike.
It comprises the remains of a enclosure with a house platform which is set into the slope on its E side. The house platform has a diameter of 7m, is 0.7m deep and has a possible entrance on its W side. The enclosure is slightly scooped into the slope and measures c 2m from SW to NE within a stony bank that is 2m wide and 0.25m high. There is a possible entrance on its S side.
The area to be scheduled is irregular and is bounded on the NW by Martinlee Sike and on the SE by the N edge of a track. It measures a maximum of 70m from SW to NE and 40m from NW to SE as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as the remains of an enclosed homestead of prehistoric date. It retains the potential to provide important information about domestic architecture and contemporary economy and land use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 60 NE 66.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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