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Buchtrig is a settlement, field system and barrow cemetery located in Roxburghshire, Scotland, approximately 800 metres south-west of a post-medieval settlement. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10736. The site occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Devonian period, creating a naturally stable and defensible landscape typical of upland settlement locations in the Scottish Borders.
The barrow cemetery at Buchtrig represents a Bronze Age tradition of burial within constructed earthen mounds, a practice widespread across Britain during the second millennium BC. The associated field system indicates sustained agricultural use of the site across different periods, with boundaries and enclosures adapted to suit the local topography and underlying geology.
The juxtaposition of Bronze Age burial monuments with later settlement evidence demonstrates long-term occupation of this location, reflecting its strategic and economic value within Roxburghshire. The survival of these earthworks, protected under national designation, provides evidence of prehistoric and early medieval land use patterns in the Scottish Borders region.
Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10736. View the official record →
Buchtrig is a settlement, field system and barrow cemetery located in Roxburghshire, Scotland, approximately 800 metres south-west of a post-medieval settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10736.
Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement, field system and barrow cemetery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW 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 SM10736.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brownhart Law,Roman signal station & Roman road,Dere Street (4.3 km), Roman fort, two Roman fortlets, two Roman camps, a section of Roman road and a medieval settlement and chapel at Chew Green (5.2 km), Three round cairns on Thirl Moor (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.