Conflict Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Pre-historic and Roman Defensive houses Castles and forts Battles, monuments, barracks World Wars I – III © Peter Ryder via www.scran.ac.uk Slacks Tower or Peel house, Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders Peel houses were 16th century defensive dwellings. Slacks peel house closely resembles its neighbour at Mervinslaw, just two miles to the north east. The house stands among ruined enclosures and buildings, some of which are associated with the peel. Peel houses are found on both sides of the border between Scotland and England. They reflect the unstable conditions in the area before the Unions of 1603 and 1707. This part of the Border – the 'Middle Marches' – was particularly troubled. Resource pack   1     2     3