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Huskie Rig mounds is a Bronze Age burial cemetery located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site comprises a cluster of earthwork mounds, typical of Bronze Age funerary monuments from the second millennium BC. Such mounds served as visible markers for cremated remains and grave goods, reflecting the ritual importance of ancestor commemoration during this period.
The monument sits on bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, Ordovician wackes deposited during the Caradocian period around 450 million years ago. The geology of hard, metamorphosed sedimentary rock would have presented considerable challenge to Bronze Age communities constructing these burial mounds, yet the stable foundation provided by this ancient bedrock has ensured the monuments' survival into the modern era.
Huskie Rig mounds is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2778, recognising its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practice in the Borders region. The site contributes to understanding prehistoric communities' relationships with their landscape and the ritual practices that structured their social organisation across generations.
Huskie Rig,mounds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2778. View the official record →
Huskie Rig mounds is a Bronze Age burial cemetery located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2778.
Huskie Rig,mounds 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 SM2778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hopecarton, settlement 530m SE of (9.1 km), Hopecarton, enclosure 410m SSW of (9.2 km), The Bank, settlement 485m SW of Kirkhope (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Huskie Rig,mounds'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.
Huskie Rig,mounds stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.