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Hare Faulds is an Iron Age fort situated on the rolling uplands of Berwickshire, two kilometres north-north-west of Dod Mill. The site occupies ground underlain by Gala Group wacke, a hard sedimentary bedrock of Telychian age that would have provided both natural drainage and a stable foundation for defensive earthworks. The fort's position commands views across the surrounding moorland, typical of Iron Age settlements in the Borders which were often sited to exploit elevated terrain for surveillance and control of routes through the landscape.
The fort is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement and territorial organisation in southern Scotland. Its construction and occupation relate to the broader pattern of hillfort building in the region during the later prehistoric period, when such fortified enclosures served as focal points for community life, storage and defence.
The Berwickshire uplands, with their wacke bedrock and moorland setting, provided a landscape of both opportunity and challenge for Iron Age communities. Hare Faulds represents their adaptation to this terrain, and survives as a physical record of prehistoric land use in one of Scotland's historic border regions.
Hare Faulds, fort 2000m NNW of Dod Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM370. View the official record →
Hare Faulds is an Iron Age fort situated on the rolling uplands of Berwickshire, two kilometres north-north-west of Dod Mill. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM370.
Hare Faulds, fort 2000m NNW of Dod Mill dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 2000m nnw of dod mill. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hare Faulds, fort 2000m NNW of Dod Mill 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 SM370.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blythe, fort 300m SW of (1 km), Blythe, settlement 1150m SSW of (1.7 km), Thirlestane Hill,fort (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Hare Faulds, fort 2000m NNW of Dod Mill'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.
Hare Faulds, fort 2000m NNW of Dod Mill stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.