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Blackcastle Rings is an Iron Age fort located in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The site comprises a series of concentric defensive earthworks, characteristic of hillforts constructed during the later prehistoric period in northern Britain. The multiple ramparts and ditches demonstrate the investment in fortification typical of Iron Age communities, suggesting its role as a significant settlement or defensive stronghold within the regional landscape. The fort's precise chronology within the Iron Age remains subject to ongoing archaeological interpretation, though such fortified sites generally date from the mid-first millennium BC onwards.
Blackcastle Rings,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM363. View the official record →
Blackcastle Rings is an Iron Age fort located in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM363.
Blackcastle Rings,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.
Blackcastle Rings,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 SM363.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Herrits Dyke,linear earthwork 2400m N of Greenlaw,Greenlaw Moor (1.5 km), Eastfield, barrow 650m NW of (2.9 km), Harelaw Moor,earthwork 750m ENE of Barebreeks Wood (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Blackcastle Rings,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.
Blackcastle Rings,fort stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.