Lilliesleaf, Main Street
No Class (Event)
Site Name Lilliesleaf, Main Street
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 186292
Site Number NT52SW 27
NGR NT 533 250
NGR Description NT c. 533 250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/186292
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Lilliesleaf
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT52SW 27 c. 533 250
NT 533 250 Excavation was carried out in a field near the centre of the village. Robert Scott's Directory of Lilliesleaf indicates that in 1800 the field contained two cottages, a stable and a garden.
The remains of a probable well and the wall footings of three rectangular, terraced structures were discovered. The buildings comprised two single-roomed dwellings (Structures 1 and 3) and a smaller building (Structure 2), which was probably a stable. Structure 3 was stratigraphically later than Structures 1 and 2. Structure 1 had a central hearth, formed from a flat, rectangular sandstone slab set in a slight hollow. Structure 3 had a larger, gable-end hearth. Traces of plaster floors survived within both of these structures. Traces of stone paving were discovered within Structure 2, which had no hearth.
A coin found in the base of a drain next to the wall in Structure 1 has been identified as a Charles I turner, 3rd edition, 1642-50.
A report has been lodged with Scottish Borders SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: J S Crawford Contracts (Borders) Ltd.
K Cameron 2000.