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Braemoor Knowe is a cultivation terraces monument located in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. The site consists of a series of stepped terraces cut into the sloping ground, a form of agricultural land management practised from the medieval period onwards in upland areas where level ground was scarce. Such terraces reduced soil erosion, improved drainage, and created level platforms where crops could be grown more successfully on steep hillsides.
The monument sits upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff dating from the Devonian period, part of the Lower Palaeozoic volcanic rocks that underlie much of the Scottish Borders. This volcanic foundation would have shaped the physical character of the terraces and the type of soils available for cultivation in this moorland environment. The underlying geology is typical of the Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks found across this region.
Braemoor Knowe is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3186, recognising its significance as evidence of past land use and agricultural practice in the upland Borders landscape. The terracing visible today represents generations of labour invested in making marginal hill ground productive.
Braemoor Knowe, cultivation terraces is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3186. View the official record →
Braemoor Knowe is a cultivation terraces monument located in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3186.
Braemoor Knowe, cultivation terraces 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 SM3186.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Woden Law,fort & Roman siegeworks (8.5 km), Dere Street,Roman road & earthworks,Tow Ford to Blackhall Hill (8.6 km), Blackhall Hill,cairns (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Braemoor Knowe, cultivation terraces's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Braemoor Knowe, cultivation terraces stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.