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Drouk Knowes is a post-medieval homestead and field system located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The settlement comprises the remains of domestic structures and associated agricultural land use, representing the farming strategies of the early modern Scottish Borders. The site lies upon ancient volcanic bedrock of the Devonian period, where mafic lava and tuff were laid down in the early geological history of Scotland. This solid foundation of extruded igneous rock has shaped the landscape and soil character of the locality for over three hundred million years.
The homestead occupies a rural position typical of upland Borders settlement, where farmers worked small plots of land worked into field systems visible as earthworks and surface features. The combination of domestic and agricultural remains provides evidence for self-sufficient mixed farming of the post-medieval period, when such settlements formed the backbone of the Scottish Border economy.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4836, recognising its importance as a record of rural life and land management in the early modern period. The remains preserve information about settlement patterns, agricultural practice and the relationship between communities and their environment during a significant phase of Scottish history.
Drouk Knowes,homestead and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4836. View the official record →
Drouk Knowes is a post-medieval homestead and field system located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4836.
Drouk Knowes,homestead and field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a homestead and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Drouk Knowes,homestead and field system 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 SM4836.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hindhope Hill,fort (5.5 km), Round cairn 420m north-east of Blindburn Bridge (5.5 km), Brownhart Law,Roman signal station & Roman road,Dere Street (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drouk Knowes,homestead and field system'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.
Drouk Knowes,homestead and field system stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.