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Huntly Burn is a earthwork located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument sits on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a Wenlock-period wacke formation that shapes the underlying geology of this upland region. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM2109.
Earthworks of this type in Selkirkshire typically served defensive or territorial functions, constructed across the rolling moorland landscape characteristic of the Border hills. The wacke bedrock, weathered and fractured, would have presented both challenge and advantage to those constructing the earthwork, offering stone for reinforcement whilst demanding effort in excavation.
The monument survives as a landscape feature within the broader pattern of settlement and land use across the Scottish Borders. Its precise form and scale remain testimony to the communities that shaped this upland terrain, though the passing centuries have worked upon the earthwork, softening its lines and integrating it into the modern moorland environment.
Huntly Burn,earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2109. View the official record →
Huntly Burn is a earthwork located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2109.
Huntly Burn,earthwork 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 SM2109.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Huntly Burn,enclosure (0.2 km), Brockhill Burn,earthwork (1.5 km), Oakwood, Roman fort and camp SSE of (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Huntly Burn,earthwork'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.
Huntly Burn,earthwork stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.