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Callisterhall is a post-medieval farmstead situated in Dumfriesshire, 400 metres north-north-east of the settlement it once served. The farm occupies ground underlain by Riccarton Group wacke bedrock, formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian, which would have provided hard stone suitable for construction and field clearance. The site lies within an agricultural landscape characteristic of the borderlands, where post-medieval farming communities adapted earlier settlement patterns to developing pastoral and arable systems from the sixteenth century onwards.
The farmstead survives as an archaeological site protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument reference SM4520. Such farms typically comprised a house range alongside ancillary stone buildings, though the precise layout and construction details at Callisterhall remain to be fully documented. The wacke bedrock of the locality, though glacially weathered in its upper reaches, provided the building material and drainage characteristics that would have influenced the farm's development and longevity.
Post-medieval farmsteads of this kind represent the working landscape of rural Scotland during a period of significant economic and social change. Their archaeological study reveals settlement hierarchies, land use patterns and the material culture of farming communities during the early modern period, contributing to understanding of how rural Dumfriesshire developed from medieval through to modern times.
Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4520. View the official record →
Callisterhall is a post-medieval farmstead situated in Dumfriesshire, 400 metres north-north-east of the settlement it once served. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4520.
Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE 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 SM4520.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Callisterhall,cairn 1100m NE of (0.7 km), Doe's Hill, settlement 915m N of Kirtlehead (2.4 km), Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N of (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of stands on Riccarton Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.