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Carby Hill is a settlement located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site occupies ground underlain by Dinantian extrusive rocks of Mississippian age, volcanic mafic lavas and tuffs that form part of the distinctive geology of this region. These ancient volcanic deposits, laid down over 320 million years ago, have weathered to create the landscape in which this settlement developed.
The settlement at Carby Hill represents the kind of domestic occupation that characterised rural Roxburghshire during the medieval and early modern periods. Such settlements were typically small, nucleated communities dependent on the surrounding agricultural land. The volcanic bedrock would have influenced both drainage and soil quality, factors that determined land use and settlement patterns in this border region.
Carby Hill is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1690, recognising its archaeological and historical significance. The monument contributes to understanding settlement patterns and rural life in the Scottish Borders during periods when this frontier landscape was inhabited and worked by successive generations of communities.
Carby Hill,settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1690. View the official record →
Carby Hill is a settlement located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1690.
Carby Hill,settlement 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 SM1690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ettleton Cemetery, tombstones (2.7 km), Kirk Hill,enclosure (3.4 km), Long Knowe,long cairn (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carby Hill,settlement'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.
Carby Hill,settlement stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.