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Fairholm is a fort of Iron Age date situated in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland, standing some 430 metres north-north-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument occupies ground underlain by wacke of the Hawick Group, sedimentary rocks of Wenlock age that form part of the Southern Uplands geological formation characteristic of this region.
The fort represents the defensive settlement patterns typical of Iron Age communities in south Scotland, when hillforts and fortified enclosures served as focal points for social organisation and control of local territories. The Dumfriesshire landscape provided numerous such defensible positions, with naturally elevated or strategically positioned sites offering advantages for surveillance and protection.
Fairholm is afforded statutory protection as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2385, recognising its significance as an archaeological survival from Scotland's Iron Age. The site remains an important record of the settlement hierarchy and land-use patterns of pre-Roman Britain in the southern borderlands.
Fairholm, fort 430m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2385. View the official record →
Fairholm is a fort of Iron Age date situated in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland, standing some 430 metres north-north-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2385.
Fairholm, fort 430m NNE of 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.
Fairholm, fort 430m NNE 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 SM2385.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Mungo's Church, church and graveyard (5.9 km), Range Castle, fort (6.6 km), Moss Castle, fort (6.7 km).
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Fairholm, fort 430m NNE of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.