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Catch-a-penny House is a settlement site located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument lies approximately 135 metres south-south-west of a second settlement, suggesting a pattern of occupation in this part of the landscape. The settlement is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12514.
The site sits on bedrock of the Hawick Group formation, a sequence of greywacke and shale deposited during the Wenlock period of the Silurian era, around 430 million years ago. This hard-wearing geology provided the primary building stone available to any occupants of the settlement. The proximity of two separate settlements in such close association is noteworthy and may indicate either contemporary communities or successive occupation phases across this locality.
The settlement remains comparatively little-recorded in archaeological literature, and its date of occupation is not precisely established. Its scheduling recognises the survival of structural evidence and the settlement's contribution to understanding the pattern of human settlement in the Scottish Borders. The monument's protection ensures that any future investigation or development affecting the site will be subject to archaeological consideration.
Catch-a-penny House, settlement 135m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12514. View the official record →
Catch-a-penny House is a settlement site located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12514.
Catch-a-penny House, settlement 135m SSW 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 SM12514.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Halidon Hill settlement (5.5 km), Camphill settlement (5.7 km), Witches Cleuch, fort 430m ENE of Chesterfield (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Catch-a-penny House, settlement 135m SSW of'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.
Catch-a-penny House, settlement 135m SSW of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.