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White Meldon is a platform settlement located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 640 metres north-west of the village. The site comprises a deliberately levelled terrace cut into the hillside, a characteristic settlement form of the early medieval period in the Scottish Borders. Such platforms provided stable ground for timber or stone structures on sloping terrain, offering practical advantages in challenging upland landscapes where flat land was scarce.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits laid down during the Caradocian period. This ancient sandstone geology would have provided a stable foundation for the settlement's construction, though the hillside itself demanded the considerable labour required to create the levelled platform. The surrounding landscape of the Peeblesshire hills would have shaped the settlement's economy and defensive positioning.
White Meldon is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2711, recognising its significance as evidence of early medieval settlement patterns in the Scottish Borders region. The platform survives as an archaeological feature that illuminates how communities engineered their environment to establish viable settlements in upland areas where level ground did not naturally occur.
White Meldon,platform settlement 640m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2711. View the official record →
White Meldon is a platform settlement located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 640 metres north-west of the village. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2711.
White Meldon,platform settlement 640m NW 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 SM2711.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chester Hill,fort & settlement (7.5 km), Castlehill,tower (7.9 km), Castlehill, fort 250m WSW of (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of White Meldon,platform settlement 640m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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White Meldon,platform settlement 640m NW of stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.