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Old Hopsrigg is a post-medieval farmstead situated 700 metres south-west of Hopsrigg in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site rests upon bedrock of the Riccarton Group, a Wenlock-age wacke formation characteristic of the Southern Uplands geology in this region. This durable grey sandstone would have provided locally available building material for the farmstead's construction.
The farmstead represents the agricultural settlement pattern of early modern rural Scotland, when small tenant farms worked the upland margins of Dumfriesshire. Old Hopsrigg's position reflects the historical distribution of working farms across the moorland landscape, typical of the pastoral economy that dominated the Scottish south-west during the post-medieval period.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4388, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of rural settlement and land-use in this locality during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Old Hopsrigg,farmstead 700m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4388. View the official record →
Old Hopsrigg is a post-medieval farmstead situated 700 metres south-west of Hopsrigg in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4388.
Old Hopsrigg,farmstead 700m SW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Old Hopsrigg,farmstead 700m SW of 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 SM4388.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gibb's Hill, unenclosed settlement,palisaded settlements & houses (3.8 km), Callisterhall,cairn 2550m NNE of (4.1 km), Greencleuch Cottage, settlement 1550m NNW of (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Old Hopsrigg,farmstead 700m SW of'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.
Old Hopsrigg,farmstead 700m SW of stands on Riccarton Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.