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Green Knowe is a platform settlement located in Peeblesshire, Scotland. The site consists of a deliberately levelled or naturally formed platform cut into the hillside, a characteristic settlement form of the Scottish Borders dating to the later prehistoric period. Platform settlements represent a practical adaptation to upland terrain, where communities carved out level ground for domestic occupation on sloping ground that would otherwise be unsuitable for building.
The monument sits on wacke bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, Caradocian in age, which underlies much of this region. This hard, fine-grained metamorphic rock would have presented significant challenges to settlement construction, yet its presence across the Peeblesshire landscape indicates that prehistoric communities overcame such obstacles to establish their homes here.
Green Knowe is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2760. The site contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns in the Scottish uplands, where such platform dwellings represent enduring evidence of how people adapted their building practices to the demands of local topography and geology.
Green Knowe,platform settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2760. View the official record →
Green Knowe is a platform settlement located in Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2760.
Green Knowe,platform 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 SM2760.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chester Hill,fort & settlement (7.6 km), Castlehill,tower (7.8 km), Castlehill, fort 250m WSW of (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Green Knowe,platform 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.
Green Knowe,platform settlement stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.