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Terrona is a scooped settlement located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, approximately 150 metres south-east of the eponymous farm. The site comprises sunken or scooped features characteristic of Iron Age or Romano-British settlement patterns in southern Scotland, where domestic occupation left distinctive depressions in the landscape. Such settlements typically represent permanent or semi-permanent habitation, with the scooped areas resulting from the removal of material for constructing timber and turf structures, or from natural subsidence of occupation surfaces over time. The monument's preservation as an upstanding archaeological feature contributes to the understanding of settlement distribution and domestic organisation in the borderlands during the pre-Roman Iron Age and Romano-British periods.
Terrona, scooped settlement 150m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4412. View the official record →
Terrona is a scooped settlement located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, approximately 150 metres south-east of the eponymous farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4412.
Terrona, scooped settlement 150m SE 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 SM4412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langholm Castle (2.5 km), Wauchope Castle, castle and manse 235m SSW of Springhill (3.7 km), Calfield, scooped settlement and farmstead 440m N of (4.4 km).
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