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Orchard Rig is a post-medieval settlement complex located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, comprising domestic structures, enclosures, a cairn, and associated field systems. The site represents the agricultural organisation of the upland borderlands during the early modern period, when such scattered settlements formed the basis of pastoral and mixed farming activity across the region. The physical remains demonstrate the typical arrangement of habitation and land management characteristic of post-medieval rural settlement in the Scottish Borders, with field boundaries and enclosures reflecting both subsistence needs and the constraints of moorland terrain. The cairn present on the site may derive from land clearance practices or ritual deposition associated with the settlement's occupation.
Orchard Rig,settlements,enclosures,cairn and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2680. View the official record →
Orchard Rig is a post-medieval settlement complex located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, comprising domestic structures, enclosures, a cairn, and associated field systems. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2680.
Orchard Rig,settlements,enclosures,cairn and field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlements,enclosures,cairn and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Orchard Rig,settlements,enclosures,cairn and field system 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 SM2680.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Young Bush Wood,enclosure NW of (0.4 km), Grieston Hill,fort (0.7 km), Chester Hill,fort (0.8 km).
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