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Broom Hill is a Iron Age fort situated 1,400 metres north-west of Shaw in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland. The monument occupies ground formed from Hawick Group wacke, a hard sedimentary rock laid down during the Wenlock period of the Silurian era. This durable bedrock provided both a naturally defensible foundation and the stone resource for construction of the fort's ramparts and internal structures.
The fort represents a significant settlement type of the Iron Age, when such hillforts served as centres of control, trade and refuge across the landscape. Its location in Dumfriesshire places it within a landscape rich in such monuments, reflecting patterns of settlement and territorial organisation across the Scottish Borders during the later prehistoric period. The exposed wacke bedrock visible at the site would have offered the builders considerable advantage in constructing robust defensive works.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM3350, reflecting its importance as evidence of Iron Age settlement and fortification in south-western Scotland. The site remains a valuable archaeological resource for understanding the occupation and use of the landscape during this period.
Broom Hill,fort 1400m NW of Shaw is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3350. View the official record →
Broom Hill is a Iron Age fort situated 1,400 metres north-west of Shaw in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3350.
Broom Hill,fort 1400m NW of Shaw dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 1400m nw of shaw. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Broom Hill,fort 1400m NW of Shaw 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 SM3350.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Firtree Hill,fort (4 km), 2 Dinwoodie Green Cottages, settlement 530m ENE of (5 km), Hencastle Rig,fort 140m NW of Old Craighouse (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broom Hill,fort 1400m NW of Shaw'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.
Broom Hill,fort 1400m NW of Shaw stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.