© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Moat Knowe is a Iron Age fort located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site comprises a bivallate hillfort with two concentric ramparts, characteristic of Iron Age fortified settlements in southern Scotland. Its positioning on elevated ground provided strategic command of the surrounding landscape, typical of defensive sites constructed during the later prehistoric period. The fort represents the settlement patterns and territorial organisation of Iron Age communities in the Borders region.
Moat Knowe,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2157. View the official record →
Moat Knowe is a Iron Age fort located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2157.
Moat Knowe,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Moat Knowe,fort 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 SM2157.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brownhart Law,Roman signal station & Roman road,Dere Street (4.1 km), Roman fort, two Roman fortlets, two Roman camps, a section of Roman road and a medieval settlement and chapel at Chew Green (5.1 km), Three round cairns on Thirl Moor (6 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Moat Knowe,fort