Scheduled monuments in the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders shown within Scotland

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]

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[]

Name	Location	Description	Ref No
White Meldon	Peebles	Prehistoric hill fort	SM114
Old Bonkyl Kirk		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		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		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		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