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Drochil Castle, Fort and Enclosure is an Iron Age fort and enclosure located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 1190 metres north-north-west of the designated reference point. The site comprises defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Scottish Borders region, with evidence of both a fort and associated enclosure suggesting occupation during the pre-Roman Iron Age period. The monument's physical character includes ditch and rampart construction typical of hillforts of this era, which served both defensive and administrative functions within Iron Age communities. The site represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and territorial organisation in the Tweed valley area during the first millennium before the Common Era.
Drochil Castle,fort & enclosure 1190m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2956. View the official record →
Drochil Castle, Fort and Enclosure is an Iron Age fort and enclosure located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 1190 metres north-north-west of the designated reference point. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2956.
Drochil Castle,fort & enclosure 1190m NNW of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort & enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Drochil Castle,fort & enclosure 1190m NNW 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 SM2956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Easter Dawyck,fort & settlement 730m ESE of (8.4 km), Ratchill,platform settlement 550m N of (8.6 km), Ratchill,platform settlement and ring enclosure 460m NE of (8.8 km).
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