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Slipperfield Mount is a cairn located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff of Devonian age, part of the extensive extrusive volcanic sequences that characterise this region of the Southern Uplands. This geological foundation of ancient lava flows shaped the landscape in which Bronze Age communities chose to construct their burial monument.
The cairn represents a form of funerary architecture common across prehistoric Scotland, built as a permanent memorial to the dead during the Bronze Age. Its construction involved the deliberate piling of stone to create a substantial mound, a labour-intensive undertaking that reflects the social importance of the individual or family commemorated. The specific location on Peeblesshire's upland terrain suggests a community with established territorial knowledge of their landscape.
The monument's survival into the modern era, despite centuries of agricultural activity and weathering, testifies to the robustness of cairn construction. Its protection under the scheduled monument system recognises its significance as archaeological evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in the Borders region, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric communities in this part of Scotland.
Slipperfield Mount,cairn S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3698. View the official record →
Slipperfield Mount is a cairn located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3698.
Slipperfield Mount,cairn S 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 SM3698.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blyth Hill,fort (5.6 km), Shaw Hill,cairn (5.6 km), West Mains,enclosure 200m NE of (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Slipperfield Mount,cairn S 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.
Slipperfield Mount,cairn S of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.