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Broughtonknowe is a three barrows cemetery located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 230 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument comprises three distinct burial mounds arranged across a landscape underlain by the Kirkcolm Formation wacke, a grey sandy sedimentary rock of Caradocian age. This geological base would have provided stable ground for the construction and preservation of the barrows over millennia. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2922, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice in the Scottish Borders region.
Multiple barrow cemeteries of this type characterise the South of Scotland, representing periods of sustained settlement and ceremonial activity. The three mounds at Broughtonknowe would originally have been more prominent features in the landscape, serving as focal points for the community that constructed them and as enduring memorials to the dead. The preservation of three barrows in relatively close association is archaeologically valuable, offering potential insight into burial tradition, chronology and social organisation during the Bronze Age.
Broughtonknowe,three barrows 230m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2922. View the official record →
Broughtonknowe is a three barrows cemetery located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 230 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2922.
Broughtonknowe,three barrows 230m SE of 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 SM2922.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Worm Hill,cairn (8.6 km), Hopecarton, enclosure 410m SSW of (9.1 km), Easter Stanhope,homestead 780m NW of (9.2 km).
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Broughtonknowe,three barrows 230m SE of stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.