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Raehills is a scooped settlement situated 650 metres north-east of Raehills in Dumfriesshire, Scottish Borders. The site comprises shallow depressions and platforms cut into the hillside, characteristic of medieval or later prehistoric domestic occupation. These earthworks represent the remains of dwellings where inhabitants excavated into the natural slope to create level living surfaces, a construction method that provided shelter and stability on sloping terrain.
The settlement is founded upon the Hawick Group wacke, a hard sandstone bedrock formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian. This durable stone would have offered both a stable foundation for settlement and useful building material, though the softness of wacke relative to other local rocks made ground-working more feasible. The underlying geology has thus shaped both the settlement's construction and preservation.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10548, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of past settlement patterns in upland Dumfriesshire. Scooped settlements of this type provide valuable insight into how communities adapted their building practices to challenging topography and the resources available in their immediate landscape.
Raehills, scooped settlement 650m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10548. View the official record →
Raehills is a scooped settlement situated 650 metres north-east of Raehills in Dumfriesshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10548.
Raehills, scooped settlement 650m NE 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 SM10548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Knock,settlement 300m WSW of Burrancehill Cottages (4.6 km), Wallace's House,fort 1100m NW of Burrance Bridge (5.2 km), Kirkholm Hill, enclosure 500m W of Dinwoodie Lodge Cottage (5.3 km).
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Raehills, scooped settlement 650m NE of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.