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Calroust Cultivation Terraces is a Scheduled Monument in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, comprising a series of stepped terraces constructed to facilitate agricultural working on sloping ground. The site lies upon Devonian extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff—which form the underlying bedrock. This volcanic geology, typical of the Southern Uplands, would have presented significant challenges to cultivation, making the terraced approach essential for effective land use.
The terraces represent an adaptation strategy common throughout upland Britain, allowing farmers to create level plots for growing crops on otherwise steep, unworkable slopes. The construction of such features required substantial labour and planning, suggesting a period of sustained agricultural investment. The Roxburghshire setting places the site within a landscape of considerable historical significance, where farming practices evolved over centuries to accommodate the region's challenging terrain.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system as reference SM3187, recognising its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of historical farming methods and land management in the Scottish Borders. The terraces preserve a valuable record of how communities adapted their agricultural techniques to the region's topography and geological constraints.
Calroust,cultivation terraces is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3187. View the official record →
Calroust Cultivation Terraces is a Scheduled Monument in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, comprising a series of stepped terraces constructed to facilitate agricultural working on sloping ground. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3187.
Calroust,cultivation terraces 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 SM3187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Palisaded settlement on Trows Law (6.7 km), Romano-British farmstead, 700m north east of Trows (7.2 km), Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward Law (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Calroust,cultivation terraces'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.
Calroust,cultivation terraces stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.