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Black Meldon is a Iron Age fort located in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. The site comprises a substantial univallate hillfort situated on elevated terrain, defended by a single rampart with an external ditch. The fort dates to the Iron Age period and represents the settlement and defensive architecture typical of early historic communities in the Borders region during the pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age periods. The monument remains an important archaeological site for understanding the settlement patterns and fortification strategies of Iron Age populations in southern Scotland.
Black Meldon,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2703. View the official record →
Black Meldon is a Iron Age fort located in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2703.
Black Meldon,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Black Meldon,fort 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 SM2703.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castlehill,tower (7.1 km), Castlehill, fort 250m WSW of (7.2 km), Canada Hill,scooped homestead WSW of (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Black Meldon,fort'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 Meldon,fort stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.