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Kip Knowe is a settlement located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. The site sits on volcanic bedrock of Silurian to Devonian age, comprising mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period. This ancient geological foundation would have provided a naturally durable base for occupation.
The settlement is typical of the dispersed domestic sites found throughout the Borders region, where communities adapted to rolling upland terrain and river valleys. The volcanic geology of the locality, though harder to work than sedimentary stone, offered stable ground and stone-rich soil for early inhabitants.
Kip Knowe is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM5171. The site's survival and designation reflect the importance of understanding settlement patterns in the eastern Borders, where numerous such sites record centuries of human activity across the landscape.
Kip Knowe,settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5171. View the official record →
Kip Knowe is a settlement located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5171.
Kip Knowe,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 SM5171.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sundhope Kipp, fort, homestead, settlement and field system (6.8 km), Outer Cock Law, old roads and linear earthwork (7.1 km), Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kip Knowe,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.
Kip Knowe,settlement stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.