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Crom Rig is a post-medieval farmstead located 640 metres south-west of Change House in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies land underlain by wacke bedrock of the Hawick Group, formed during the Wenlock period of the Palaeozoic era. This durable sedimentary stone would have been locally available for building construction, typical of farmsteads established in the Scottish Borders during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
The farmstead lies within an upland landscape where pastoral farming and stock-rearing formed the economic basis of rural settlement. Its position reflects the dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of post-medieval Roxburghshire, where individual farms replaced earlier nucleated villages. The proximity to Change House suggests these were neighbouring holdings within the same agricultural community.
Crom Rig is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3433. This designation recognises the archaeological and historical significance of post-medieval farmstead sites, which provide evidence of the evolution of Scottish rural settlement, agricultural practice and building traditions following the medieval period.
Crom Rig,farmstead 640m SW of Change House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3433. View the official record →
Crom Rig is a post-medieval farmstead located 640 metres south-west of Change House in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3433.
Crom Rig,farmstead 640m SW of Change House dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead 640m sw of change house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crom Rig,farmstead 640m SW of Change House 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 SM3433.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dod,earthworks on right bank of Allan Water 670m WSW of (4.1 km), Priesthaugh,earthwork 130m SSE of (4.6 km), Dod,enclosure on Gray Coat,530m SW of (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Crom Rig,farmstead 640m SW of Change House'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.
Crom Rig,farmstead 640m SW of Change House stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.