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Drouk Knowes is a post-medieval homestead and field system located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a domestic settlement with associated agricultural land divisions, reflecting the pattern of rural settlement and cultivation practices that characterised the Scottish Borders region during the post-medieval period. The physical evidence of both the homestead structures and the surrounding field systems survives as earthwork features on the landscape, providing archaeological testimony to patterns of habitation and land use during this era. Such sites are valuable for understanding the development of rural settlement and agricultural organisation in the Scottish Borders beyond the medieval period.
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 Britain.
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).
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