Overview
Forkins is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole house in Scottish Borders. The supporting saved type component is House (17th Century). The source gives its period wording as 17th Century. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Why it was built
The official record identifies Forkins with the exact type wording House (17th Century). The source gives its period wording as 17th Century. 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 Forkins.
How it changed
The record supplies the exact name, type and mapped point for Forkins, 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 Forkins. This saved information does not say which walls, rooms, fittings or other parts still survive.
Why it mattered
Forkins matters as a named house 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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