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Long Philip Burn is an earthwork located in Selkirkshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM2215. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, formed during the Wenlock period, which produces wacke—a coarse sedimentary rock that shapes the underlying geology of the southern Scottish uplands in this region.
The earthwork itself represents a form of fortification or defensive structure typical of medieval or later periods in the borderlands of Scotland. Such monuments, when constructed upon the wacke bedrock prevalent in Selkirkshire, would have presented considerable challenges for construction, requiring adaptation to the underlying rock formation and the often steep terrain characteristic of this area.
The monument's survival and protection reflect its archaeological and historical importance to the landscape of Selkirkshire, contributing to the understanding of defensive settlement patterns and land use in the Scottish borders. The earthwork remains an important physical record of past human activity in this region.
Long Philip Burn,earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2215. View the official record →
Long Philip Burn is an earthwork located in Selkirkshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM2215.
Long Philip 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 SM2215.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middlestead,earthwork (4.1 km), Oakwood, Roman fort and camp SSE of (4.8 km), New Greenhill,fort (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Long Philip 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.
Long Philip Burn,earthwork stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.