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Black Hill is a settlement situated in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Riccarton Group wacke bedrock of Wenlock age, deposited during the Silurian period over 420 million years ago. This hard, erosion-resistant stone would have provided a stable foundation for occupation, though the underlying geology offers limited naturally occurring building materials suited to construction.
The settlement's location in the Borders region places it within an area of significant prehistoric and early medieval activity. Roxburghshire has yielded evidence of settlement across multiple periods, from Bronze Age occupation through to medieval times, reflecting the region's long history of human habitation and its strategic importance in controlling border routes between Scotland and England.
Black Hill is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM2319, recognising its importance to understanding settlement patterns and land use in the Scottish Borders. The site contributes to the archaeological record of this distinctive landscape, where rocky upland terrain and river valleys have shaped patterns of settlement from ancient times to the present day.
Black Hill,settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2319. View the official record →
Black Hill is a settlement situated in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2319.
Black Hill,settlement 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 SM2319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wheel Causeway,section 640m long on S slope of Wardmoor Hill (1.5 km), Dykeheads,homestead moat (1.6 km), Westshiels,spur earthwork 1550m SW of (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Black Hill,settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Black Hill,settlement stands on Riccarton Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.