Overview
Compass Slack is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole cottage in Scottish Borders. The supporting saved type component is Cottage (medieval). The source gives its period wording as medieval. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Why it was built
The official record identifies Compass Slack with the exact type wording Cottage (medieval). The source gives its period wording as medieval. The saved words support a dwelling account but do not safely name its builder or first owner.
People and work
The exact type records a place made for people to live in. The saved row does not safely identify particular residents, servants, tenants or work carried out inside Compass Slack.
How it changed
The record supplies the exact name, type and mapped point for Compass Slack, but it does not establish a sequence of rebuilding, extension or change. No such stages are invented here.
What survives
Historic Environment Scotland keeps a distinct place record for Compass Slack. This saved information does not say which walls, rooms, fittings or other parts still survive.
Why it mattered
Compass Slack matters as a named cottage tied to a precise place in Scottish Borders. Alongside other homes, it helps show the pattern and kinds of Scottish dwelling recorded there without borrowing unsupported family stories.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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