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Latitude: 55.3643 / 55°21'51"N
Longitude: -2.5439 / 2°32'38"W
OS Eastings: 365617
OS Northings: 607947
OS Grid: NT656079
Mapcode National: GBR B6PD.1V
Mapcode Global: WH8Z2.WFSH
Entry Name: Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled Date: 28 February 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6600
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 consists of the remains of a prehistoric homestead and hut platform on the NW side of the Martinlee Sike.
The homestead comprises an enclosure that is slightly scooped into the slope on the NW measuring 11.5m from NE to SW by 10.5m transversely. It is defined by a stony bank that is 1.9m thick and 0.45m high. The hut platform lies to the ENE and is set into the slope to a depth of 0.30m and has a diameter of c 7.5m.
The area to be scheduled is irregular, bounded on the SE by Martinlee Sike and measuring a maximum of 60m from NW to SE and 75m from NE to SW as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as the remains of a homestead and hut platform of prehistoric date. It has the potential to provide important information about domestic architecture and contemporary economy and land-use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 60 NE 40.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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