This is a multi-period site in the Scottish Borders (Roxburghshire), comprising a small univallate hillfort of later prehistoric date, overlain or adjacent to a Romano-British enclosed settlement of the 1st–4th centuries AD, with a further phase of medieval farmstead activity. The sequence is typical of the Cheviot fringe and middle Teviotdale, where Iron Age defended sites were frequently remodelled into undefended or lightly enclosed native farmsteads under Roman influence.
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The site illustrates the regional pattern of continuity from Iron Age defended occupation into a more open, agriculturally focused Romano-British settlement during the period when the area lay between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine frontier, within the territory of the Selgovae or Votadini. Its longevity into the medieval period reflects the enduring agricultural value of these well-drained upland margins.
No modern excavation appears to have been undertaken; the site is known principally from earthwork survey (RCAHMS/Historic Environment Scotland records), showing a circuit of rampart with internal hut platforms or stances and overlying rectilinear features attributable to the later farmstead. Without excavation, dating rests on morphological comparison with better-investigated sites such as Hayhope Knowe and Tamshiel Rig rather than on stratified finds.
This is a multi-period site in the Scottish Borders (Roxburghshire), comprising a small univallate hillfort of later prehistoric date, overlain or adjacent to a Romano-British enclosed settlement of the 1st–4th centuries AD, with a further phase of medieval farmstead activity. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Univallate hillfort, Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval farmstead, 224m north west of Chesters is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Three Romano-British farmsteads and part of a field system on Heddon Hill 900m north west of Calder (5.9 km), Romano-British farmstead on the eastern slope of Dod Hill, 1km north of The Dod (6 km), Round cairn 850m, and two Romano-British farmsteads, associated trackway, moated site, medieval settlement and field system 900m SSE of Middleton Dean (6.5 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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