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Edin's Hall is a scheduled ancient monument in Berwickshire comprising an Iron Age broch, hillfort and settlement complex. The site sits upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period, which provides the distinctive local geology underlying this landscape. The broch represents a characteristically Scottish Iron Age round tower, built with dry stone construction typical of the first few centuries AD, positioned within a defended settlement that occupied this upland location.
The monument encompasses multiple phases of Iron Age occupation, with the broch at its centre surrounded by the remains of a fort and associated settlement. The wacke bedrock would have provided substantial stone for construction, leaving quarried areas visible across the site. The hillfort's defensive ditches and banks exploit the natural topography of the location, a strategy common to Iron Age communities in the south of Scotland seeking protection and control of their immediate landscape.
Edin's Hall is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as scheduled monument SM90134, recognising its archaeological significance as one of Scotland's northern broch complexes. The site preserves evidence of domestic and defensive architecture spanning the Iron Age, making it an important resource for understanding how communities in the Borders region organised their settlements and responded to the demands of life in this upland terrain.
Edin's Hall, broch, fort and settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90134. View the official record →
Edin's Hall is a scheduled ancient monument in Berwickshire comprising an Iron Age broch, hillfort and settlement complex.
Edin's Hall, broch, fort and settlement dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch, fort and settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Edin's Hall, broch, fort and settlement 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 SM90134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Preston Cleugh, fort 2000m N of Preston (2.5 km), Preston Church, church and burial ground (3.5 km), Preston Market Cross, 35m ESE of 1 Preston Cottages (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Edin's Hall, broch, fort and settlement'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.
Edin's Hall, broch, fort and settlement stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.