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Pyat Knowe is a post-medieval enclosure situated 150 metres north of its namesake settlement in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Wenlock-age wacke of the Hawick Group, typical of the hard gritstones that characterise the Southern Uplands geology of this region. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM79.
The enclosure dates to the post-medieval period, a time when the upland landscape of Roxburghshire was extensively used for pastoral agriculture and smallholding settlement. Such field enclosures are characteristic of the period's agricultural management, reflecting the progressive regularisation and fencing of moorland and marginal ground across the borders. The location near the settlement itself suggests this enclosure functioned as part of the immediate agricultural infrastructure serving the community.
Today the monument survives as earthwork traces within the landscape, preserving evidence of the way rural communities in the Scottish Borders organised and enclosed their land during the centuries following the mediaeval period. The site's legal protection recognises its value as a record of post-medieval agricultural practice and settlement patterns in upland Roxburghshire.
Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM79. View the official record →
Pyat Knowe is a post-medieval enclosure situated 150 metres north of its namesake settlement in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM79.
Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N 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 SM79.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Catrail,linear earthwork,SE slope of Singley Brae to Barry Sike (0.4 km), Gray Coat,pele-house 370m SE of (1 km), Tinlee,standing stone 718m SSE of Peelbraehope (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N 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.
Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.