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Ratchill is a platform settlement located approximately 550 metres north of the designated reference point in Peeblesshire, Scotland. The site comprises an artificial platform cut into the hillside, a characteristic feature of Iron Age settlement in the Scottish Borders region, though the precise dating of this particular example remains dependent on archaeological survey and excavation evidence. Platform settlements of this type typically served as domestic sites where timber structures were constructed on levelled ground, offering both practical advantages for construction and defensive positions on sloping terrain. The survival of such earthworks in the Peeblesshire landscape provides important evidence for the pattern of settlement and land use during the later prehistoric period in the region.
Ratchill,platform settlement 550m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2946. View the official record →
Ratchill is a platform settlement located approximately 550 metres north of the designated reference point in Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2946.
Ratchill,platform settlement 550m 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 SM2946.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanhope, fort, scooped settlement and enclosed settlements SW of (7.4 km), Stanhope, enclosed settlement 800m SW of (7.6 km), Stanhope, unenclosed platform settlement 850m SW of (7.6 km).
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