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Easter Hill fort is an Iron Age hillfort located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a wacke formation dating to the Wenlock epoch, which provides a foundation of hard sedimentary rock typical of this region. The fort is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2159.
Hillforts of this type were constructed during the Iron Age as defended settlements, their elevated positions offering natural advantages for surveillance and defence. The Hawick Group geology underlying Easter Hill would have presented both opportunities and challenges to the fort's builders, with the wacke bedrock providing stability but requiring substantial effort to excavate and level for construction purposes.
Easter Hill represents an important element of the Iron Age settlement pattern across the Scottish Borders, a landscape that contains numerous such defended sites. The monument preserves evidence of prehistoric occupation and defensive strategy in this upland region, contributing to understanding of how Iron Age communities organised their settlements across the varied terrain of south-eastern Scotland.
Easter Hill,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2159. View the official record →
Easter Hill fort is an Iron Age hillfort located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2159.
Easter Hill,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Easter Hill,fort 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 SM2159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newstead Roman military complex, 660m WSW of Broomhill Farm (1.8 km), Old Melrose,linear earthwork 300m W of (2 km), Old Melrose, St Cuthbert's Chapel & monastery site (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Easter Hill,fort'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.
Easter Hill,fort stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.