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Stidriggs is an Iron Age fort and settlement situated 400 metres east-south-east of a named location in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Gala Group wacke, a hard sedimentary stone formed during the Telychian period of the Silurian. This sturdy local bedrock would have shaped both the settlement's defences and the character of the landscape its Iron Age inhabitants worked.
The site comprises both fortified and domestic elements typical of the period, when such settlements served as centres of power, trade and community life in southern Scotland. The combination of fort and settlement indicates a location of some significance, positioned within the network of Iron Age communities that occupied Dumfriesshire during the final centuries before Roman contact transformed northern Britain.
Stidriggs is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM10545, recognising its archaeological importance and the evidence it holds for Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Scottish Borders region.
Stidriggs, fort and settlement 400m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10545. View the official record →
Stidriggs is an Iron Age fort and settlement situated 400 metres east-south-east of a named location in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10545.
Stidriggs, fort and settlement 400m ESE of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort and settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stidriggs, fort and settlement 400m ESE 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 SM10545.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rectilinear enclosure, 1070m SSW of Barntimpen (4.5 km), Raehills, scooped settlement 650m NE of (4.6 km), Tanner's Linn, earthwork (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stidriggs, fort and settlement 400m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Stidriggs, fort and settlement 400m ESE of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.