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Maggiemauts Knowe is a Iron Age fort situated 150 metres north-east of Courancehilly in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Hawick Group wacke, a tough sandstone formed during the Wenlock period that would have provided a naturally defensible foundation for settlement. The fort exemplifies the widespread pattern of hillforts and enclosed settlements constructed across southern Scotland during the Iron Age, when communities fortified their domestic and administrative centres with substantial earthworks.
The site lies within the rolling hills of Dumfriesshire, a landscape shaped by glaciation that left variable terrain well-suited to strategic placement of such fortifications. The local geology of hard wacke bedrock would have influenced both construction methods and the fort's durability over more than two millennia. Such Iron Age forts typically enclosed several hectares and served as focal points for tribal territory, stock management and defence.
Maggiemauts Knowe is designated as a Scheduled Monument under Historic Environment Scotland's protection (reference SM3488), recognising its archaeological significance and the information its remains hold about Iron Age settlement patterns and social organisation in the Scottish Borders region. The fort contributes substantially to understanding how Iron Age communities organised themselves across the Scottish uplands.
Maggiemauts Knowe,fort 150m NE of Courancehilly is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3488. View the official record →
Maggiemauts Knowe is a Iron Age fort situated 150 metres north-east of Courancehilly in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3488.
Maggiemauts Knowe,fort 150m NE of Courancehilly dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 150m ne of courancehilly. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Maggiemauts Knowe,fort 150m NE of Courancehilly 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 SM3488.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Knock,settlement 300m WSW of Burrancehill Cottages (0.6 km), Wallace's House,fort 1100m NW of Burrance Bridge (1.2 km), Cars Wood,fort (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Maggiemauts Knowe,fort 150m NE of Courancehilly's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Maggiemauts Knowe,fort 150m NE of Courancehilly stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.