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Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system is a post-medieval settlement complex located in Selkirkshire, south-eastern Scotland, approximately 500 metres west-north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument comprises a hut circle, multiple cairns and an associated field system, representing the remains of a small upland community that occupied the landscape during the early modern period. The site is situated on Gala Group bedrock, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period, which underlies the rolling terrain of the Scottish Borders.
The hut circle is typical of post-medieval rural settlement in the region, where scattered smallholdings exploited the marginal upland ground. The presence of cairns and field systems indicates an organized landscape in which inhabitants managed both grazing and arable agriculture, working to extract a living from the moorland environment.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the statutory reference SM2324, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Borders uplands during a formative period of Scottish rural history.
Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system 500m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2324. View the official record →
Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system is a post-medieval settlement complex located in Selkirkshire, south-eastern Scotland, approximately 500 metres west-north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2324.
Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system 500m WNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a hut circle, cairns and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system 500m WNW 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 SM2324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dryhope Tower,tower house and settlement (0.6 km), Mid Hill,earthwork (1.3 km), St Mary of the Lowes, churchyard 1200m WSW of Kirkstead (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system 500m WNW of'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.
Dryhope, hut circle, cairns and field system 500m WNW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.