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Sourhope is a post-medieval settlement and field system located approximately 1600 metres north-east of Sourhope in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site represents the remains of an agricultural community dating to the post-medieval period, evident from its surviving earthwork features including settlement structures and associated field divisions. The landscape archaeology of the site demonstrates the organisation of farming land characteristic of early modern rural settlement in the Anglo-Scottish borderlands. These field systems and habitation traces provide evidence of the agrarian economy and land-use patterns of this frontier region during the centuries following the medieval period.
Sourhope,settlements and field system 1600m ENE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4835. View the official record →
Sourhope is a post-medieval settlement and field system located approximately 1600 metres north-east of Sourhope in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4835.
Sourhope,settlements and field system 1600m ENE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlements and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Sourhope,settlements and field system 1600m ENE 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 SM4835.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outer Cock Law, old roads and linear earthwork (4 km), Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (5.1 km), Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (5.4 km).
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