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Whiteside Hill is a hillfort and enclosure located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders, dating to the Iron Age period. The monument comprises defensive earthworks positioned on elevated terrain, characteristic of fortified settlements constructed during the later prehistory of Scotland. Its physical form reflects the strategic importance of controlling the landscape during the Iron Age, when such hillforts served as centres of authority, refuge, and settlement. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive architecture in the Borders region.
Whiteside Hill,fort & enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2955. View the official record →
Whiteside Hill is a hillfort and enclosure located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2955.
Whiteside Hill,fort & enclosure dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort & enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Whiteside Hill,fort & enclosure 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 SM2955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penveny,settlement & scooped homestead NW of (6.5 km), Huskie Rig,mounds (6.9 km), Hammer Knowe,fort & settlement (7.6 km).
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