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The Knowe is a medieval settlement located 300 metres south of Castle O'er Farm in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a formation of wacke sandstone dating to the Wenlock period, which gives the landscape its characteristic hard, weathered stone outcrops. This geology would have influenced both settlement location and the materials available for building in this upland valley setting.
The settlement represents the type of dispersed rural occupation typical of medieval Dumfriesshire, when farming communities occupied individual steadings across the borderland landscape. The proximity to Castle O'er Farm suggests continuity or association with local territorial control, as castles and fortified farms commonly overlooked satellite settlements and agricultural lands.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4369, reflecting its importance to understanding rural medieval settlement patterns in the south of Scotland. The monument survives as surface remains within the distinctive geology and topography of the Borders region, contributing evidence to how communities organised their occupation of this frontier landscape during the medieval period.
The Knowe, settlement 300m S of Castle O'er Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4369. View the official record →
The Knowe is a medieval settlement located 300 metres south of Castle O'er Farm in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4369.
The Knowe, settlement 300m S of Castle O'er Farm dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a settlement 300m s of castle o'er farm. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The Knowe, settlement 300m S of Castle O'er Farm 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 SM4369.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craighousesteads,fort (7.2 km), Mid Hill, settlement 1480m SSE of Cairnknowe (7.7 km), Kirtlehead, unenclosed settlement 1850m N of (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The Knowe, settlement 300m S of Castle O'er Farm'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.
The Knowe, settlement 300m S of Castle O'er Farm stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.