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Lilliesleaf, Main Street

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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

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Lilliesleaf
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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