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Broughton Knowe is a post-medieval ring enclosure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument consists of a series of concentric earthwork rings, a form of settlement enclosure that became common in rural Scotland during the early modern period. The site exploits the Kirkcolm Formation bedrock that underlies the region, a Caradocian wacke deposit that would have shaped both the construction and drainage characteristics of the enclosure. Ring enclosures of this type typically served as defended homesteads or stock enclosures for farming families during times of relative instability in the upland pastoral economy.
The monument's location in Peeblesshire places it within a landscape historically known for pastoral agriculture and moorland settlement. The concentric arrangement of rings provided multiple levels of protection and functional separation, a practical design suited to managing livestock and securing resources across the exposed terrain typical of the Borders region during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Broughton Knowe is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM3152, reflecting its significance as a rare surviving example of post-medieval settlement archaeology in the Scottish uplands.
Broughton Knowe,ring enclosures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3152. View the official record →
Broughton Knowe is a post-medieval ring enclosure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3152.
Broughton Knowe,ring enclosures dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a ring enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Broughton Knowe,ring enclosures 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 SM3152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hopecarton, enclosure 410m SSW of (9 km), Easter Stanhope,homestead 780m NW of (9.1 km), Hopecarton, settlement 530m SE of (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broughton Knowe,ring enclosures'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.
Broughton Knowe,ring enclosures stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.