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Auchope Scooped Homestead is a prehistoric or early historic domestic settlement situated 400 metres south-west of Auchope in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland. The monument consists of a scooped homestead, a settlement type formed by cutting or scooping habitation platforms into sloping ground. This building technique created sheltered, levelled surfaces for timber or stone structures whilst the surrounding earthworks provided drainage and wind protection. Such homesteads are typical of the Scottish uplands and demonstrate practical adaptation to moorland environments.
The site sits on bedrock composed of mafic lava and mafic tuff, extrusive rocks of Silurian to Devonian age that underlie much of this region. This volcanic geology would have influenced both the landscape's topography and the availability of stone for construction. The scooped platform settlement form suggests occupation during the Iron Age or early medieval period, though the exact date of this particular example remains undetermined without excavation.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM4746, recognising its archaeological significance and potential to inform understanding of prehistoric and early historic settlement patterns in the Scottish Borders.
Auchope,scooped homestead 400m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4746. View the official record →
Auchope Scooped Homestead is a prehistoric or early historic domestic settlement situated 400 metres south-west of Auchope in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4746.
Auchope,scooped homestead 400m SW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4746.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outer Cock Law, old roads and linear earthwork (4.9 km), Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (5.8 km), Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn (5.9 km).
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Auchope,scooped homestead 400m SW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.