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Brownmoor Glen Fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. The site occupies ground underlain by Hawick Group wacke, a indurated greywacke bedrock formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian. This solid foundation would have provided a stable base for the fort's defensive earthworks and structures. The monument is recorded under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2225 and benefits from statutory protection.
Iron Age forts of this type typically served as enclosed settlements, refuges or tribal centres during the period from around 800 BCE to the Roman conquest. Brownmoor Glen's position in the upland Borders landscape reflects the pattern of Iron Age settlement across southern Scotland, where communities exploited both valley and elevated terrain for settlement and livestock management.
The fort survives as an archaeological monument preserving evidence of Iron Age occupation and defensive engineering in the region. Its protection by Historic Environment Scotland recognises the importance of Iron Age fortifications in understanding the settlement patterns, territorial organisation and material culture of pre-Roman Scotland. The site contributes to our knowledge of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Borders during the Iron Age.
Brownmoor Glen,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2225. View the official record →
Brownmoor Glen Fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2225.
Brownmoor Glen,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.
Brownmoor Glen,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 SM2225.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Synton,fort (3.2 km), Clerklands,fort (4.1 km), Broadlee Hill,fort (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Brownmoor Glen,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.
Brownmoor Glen,fort stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.