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New Greenhill is a Iron Age fort located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument occupies ground underlain by wacke bedrock of the Hawick Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian era. This hard stone would have presented considerable challenges to any Iron Age community seeking to construct defensive fortifications on the site, shaping both the engineering approach and the final form of the fort.
The fort's defensive design reflects the typical hill fort strategy of the period, commanding views across the surrounding landscape of the Selkirkshire hills. Iron Age communities in the Borders region constructed such forts as focal points for settlement, craft production and storage, as well as refuges during times of conflict. The fort's position within this rolling upland terrain would have provided both protection and control over local routes and resources.
New Greenhill fort is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2272, ensuring its preservation as an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement in the Scottish Borders. The monument contributes to our understanding of prehistoric Scottish society during a period of significant social and economic development.
New Greenhill,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2272. View the official record →
New Greenhill is a Iron Age fort located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2272.
New Greenhill,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
New Greenhill,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 SM2272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Synton,fort (2.1 km), Clerklands,fort (2.2 km), Campknowe Plantation,fort & enclosure (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of New Greenhill,fort'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.
New Greenhill,fort stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.