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Camp Hill is a post-medieval enclosure situated 800 metres south-east of Crochmore in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a formation of wacke deposited during the Wenlock epoch, which gives the surrounding landscape its characteristic steep, wooded valleys and moorland terrain typical of the Southern Uplands. The enclosure represents a phase of land organisation and agricultural use common to the region during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, when such bounded areas often served pastoral or arable purposes on the margins of settled territories.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM1055, reflecting its significance to understanding post-medieval settlement patterns and land use in south-west Scotland. The enclosure's survival in this upland setting, where soil conditions and geology have long restricted intensive agriculture, offers insight into how communities adapted their landholding practices to challenging terrain and climate during the early modern period.
Camp Hill, enclosure 800m SE of Crochmore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1055. View the official record →
Camp Hill is a post-medieval enclosure situated 800 metres south-east of Crochmore in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1055.
Camp Hill, enclosure 800m SE of Crochmore dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 800m se of crochmore. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Camp Hill, enclosure 800m SE of Crochmore 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 SM1055.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drumcoltran Castle (Tower) (1.4 km), Green Island,fort,Milton Loch (3.3 km), Tarkirra,fort (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camp Hill, enclosure 800m SE of Crochmore'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.
Camp Hill, enclosure 800m SE of Crochmore stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.