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Roxburgh, General

Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Roxburgh, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 57204

Site Number NT63SE 22

NGR NT 6995 3067

NGR Description Centred on NT 6995 3067

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Roxburgh
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Accessing Scotland's Past Project

The modern village of Roxburgh, which evidently originated in the late seventeenth century, lies about 3km to the south-west of its deserted medieval predeccessor.

At one time, the village comprised two parts, the Upper and the Lower towns, but now only one concentration of settlement survives. At its centre lies the church, while the majority of the houses lie on either side of a single road, Teviot Road.

Roxburgh's population peaked in 1861, when it reached 1,178, but by 1951 it had fallen to 602. By the 1980s, the village consisted of only twenty-seven houses, twelve of which belonged to Roxburghe estates, and four were local authority council houses.

Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project

Archaeology Notes

NT63SE 22 centred 6995 3067

Activities

Trial Trench

An evaluation was undertaken in February, 2015 in the Garden of Innescote (NT 70069 30702) by KLR Pedersen. No significant archaeological features or deposits were identified apart from a cobble filled drain or services conduit.

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