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Pearsby Hill is a post-medieval settlement comprising enclosures and associated structures located 1250 metres east of Craighousesteads in Dumfriesshire. The site occupies ground underlain by Hawick Group wacke, the hard sedimentary bedrock characteristic of the Scottish Borders geology. This durable stone would have provided building material for the settlement's construction.
The settlement represents a period of rural occupation and land use in the southern uplands, with the surviving enclosures indicating organised pastoral or agricultural management of the hillside. The layout and form of such enclosures are typical of post-medieval farms across the region, reflecting established patterns of land division and stock management during this period.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM12674, recognising its importance in understanding rural settlement patterns and land use in early modern Dumfriesshire. The preservation of the enclosure boundaries and settlement remains provides evidence for the distribution and character of farming communities across this moorland landscape.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12674. View the official record →
Pearsby Hill is a post-medieval settlement comprising enclosures and associated structures located 1250 metres east of Craighousesteads in Dumfriesshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12674.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures and settlement 1250m e of craighousesteads. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads 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 SM12674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newhall Hill,enclosures (1.8 km), Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N of (3.1 km), Doe's Hill, settlement 915m N of Kirtlehead (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads'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.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.