 The extant foundation stones of the dwellings, which can be seen to this day, are situated on the north bank of the Cessford Burn.Seven "shiels", or thatched cottages, once housed the families of the farm steward, the shepherd and the ploughman.The farmstead was burned to the ground by the English many times, including the border campaign of the Earl of Surrey in May, 1523 and again by the Earl of Hertford in 1545, and during the Rough Wooing of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry VIII of England.