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Fasset Hill is a palisaded settlement located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, predominantly mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Devonian period. This volcanic bedrock would have presented both challenges and advantages to its prehistoric inhabitants, offering naturally elevated and defensible terrain whilst requiring adaptation of settlement techniques to the underlying geology.
Palisaded settlements represent a distinctive form of enclosed settlement found across Iron Age Scotland, typically comprising one or more circuits of timber posts set closely together to form defensive barriers. Such settlements served communal functions, providing protection for domestic structures and livestock whilst facilitating social gatherings and exchange. The choice of Fasset Hill as a settlement location reflects careful selection of defensible high ground typical of settlements from this period.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM6003, recognising its archaeological and historical significance. The monument remains an important example of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Borders region, contributing to understanding of how communities organised themselves and adapted to the landscape of south-eastern Scotland during the late prehistoric period.
Fasset Hill,palisaded settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6003. View the official record →
Fasset Hill is a palisaded settlement located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6003.
Fasset Hill,palisaded 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 SM6003.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (5.3 km), Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn (5.4 km), Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fasset Hill,palisaded settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Fasset Hill,palisaded settlement stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.