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Kilbucho House is a settlement located in Peeblesshire, south-central Scotland, situated approximately 360 metres west-north-west of a neighbouring settlement. The site sits upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposited during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician era, around 450 million years ago. This hard, fine-grained sedimentary stone would have provided a stable foundation for occupation and construction throughout successive periods of habitation.
The settlement's position in the rolling Border country reflects the longstanding pattern of dispersed rural settlement in the Scottish Lowlands. Such sites frequently developed close to water sources and cultivable land, with multiple homesteads often distributed across parishes as distinct units rather than in nucleated villages. The proximity to a neighbouring settlement suggests a wider pattern of contemporary occupation in this locality.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM2742, recognising its importance to understanding the settlement archaeology and land use history of Peeblesshire. The monument contributes to the wider archaeological record of rural settlement in the border region, preserving evidence of domestic occupation across time periods from medieval and early modern eras onward.
Kilbucho House,settlement 360m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2742. View the official record →
Kilbucho House is a settlement located in Peeblesshire, south-central Scotland, situated approximately 360 metres west-north-west of a neighbouring settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2742.
Kilbucho House,settlement 360m WNW of 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 SM2742.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanhope, enclosed settlement 800m SW of (6.8 km), Stanhope, unenclosed platform settlement 850m SW of (6.8 km), Norman's Castle, dun 830m SW of Stanhope (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilbucho House,settlement 360m WNW of'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.
Kilbucho House,settlement 360m WNW of stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.