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Craik Moor is a Iron Age palisaded settlement and fort in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site comprises evidence of defensive palisade construction alongside associated cultivation remains, indicating a settlement that combined habitation with agricultural land use during the Iron Age period. The physical remains reflect the settlement hierarchy and land management practices characteristic of Iron Age communities in the Scottish Borders region, where such fortified sites served as focal points for social and economic activity. The presence of both structural defences and field systems demonstrates the integrated nature of Iron Age settlement patterns in this landscape.
Craik Moor,palisaded settlement,fort and cultivation remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2156. View the official record →
Craik Moor is a Iron Age palisaded settlement and fort in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2156.
Craik Moor,palisaded settlement,fort and cultivation remains dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a palisaded settlement,fort and cultivation remains. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Craik Moor,palisaded settlement,fort and cultivation remains 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 SM2156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buchtrig, settlement, field system and barrow cemetery 800m SW of (6.8 km), Romano-British farmstead, 700m north east of Trows (7.5 km), Dere Street,Roman road & earthworks,Tow Ford to Blackhall Hill (7.7 km).
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