Scheduled monuments in the Scottish Borders

A scheduled monument in Scotland is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The aim of scheduling is to preserve the country's most significant sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have been inherited.[1]

Scottish Borders shown within Scotland

The process of scheduling is governed by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which aims "to make provision for the investigation, preservation and recording of matters of archaeological or historical interest". The term "scheduled monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites which have been deliberately constructed by human activity but are not always visible above ground. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars. Some buildings or structures which were both scheduled and listed have had their listing designations removed to reduce the duplication.

In 2017 there were 8,238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

Notable Scheduled Monuments in the Scottish Borders

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Name Location Description Ref No Image
White Meldon Peebles Prehistoric hill fort SM114  
Old Bonkyl Kirk Bunkle and Preston Remains, especially the apse, of late medieval parish church SM381  
St Helen's Kirk, Cockburnspath Cockburnspath Ruined Norman church SM382  
Coldingham Priory cloisters Coldingham Remains of medieval cloisters SM383  
Hume Castle Hume Late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte SM387  
Drochil Castle Newlands Large unfinished ruined castle SM1495  
Northshield Rings Eddleston Prehistoric hill fort SM731  
Yarrow Stone Yarrow Inscribed stone SM1727  
Kirkhope Tower Kirkhope Tower and barmkin SM1728  
Newark Castle Selkirk Large, ruined tower house in grounds of Bowhill House SM1729  
Bonkyll Castle Bunkle and Preston Traces of medieval fortress SM2407  
Milkieston Rings Eddleston Prehistoric hill fort SM2416  
Torwoodlee broch Caddonfoot Prehistoric broch SM2448  
Black Meldon Peebles Prehistoric hill fort SM2703  
Stow Old Bridge Stow Old bridge SM2855  
Fatlips Castle Minto Renovated Pele tower SM2881  
Dreva Craig Stobo Prehistoric hill fort SM2895  
Soutra Aisle Fala Remains of a medieval hospital including a rebuilt portion of the associated church SM3067  
Old Thirlestane Castle Lauder Remains of 13th- to 15th-century castle SM4035  
Blanerne Castle Bunkle and Preston Remains of a 16th-century fortified residence SM4216  
Fast Castle Coldingham Ruined remains of coastal fortress SM4328  
Dryhope Tower Yarrow Remains of a medieval tower house SM6161  
Horsburgh Castle Innerleithen Remains of late medieval tower-house SM6284  
Torwoodlee Tower Caddonfoot Remains of 17th-century tower-house SM8687  
Jedburgh Abbey Jedburgh Augustinian Abbey founded as a priory around 1138 SM13126  
Greenknowe Tower Gordon Remains of L-plan tower-house SM13590  
Dryburgh Abbey Dryburgh Ruined 12th-century abbey SM90103  
Edin's Hall Broch Duns Prehistoric fort, broch and settlement SM90134  
Foulden Old Tithe Barn Foulden 18th-century tithe barn SM90148  
Hermitage Castle Castleton Semi-ruined castle SM90161  
Edrom Church Norman doorway Edrom Norman doorway to burial vault SM90135  
Kelso Abbey Kelso 12th-century Tironesian abbey SM90177  
Melrose Abbey Melrose Ruined 14th- and 15th-century abbey SM90214  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "What is scheduling?". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 2 September 2017.