What is recorded here
Castle Hill in the Scottish Borders stands as a prehistoric fort and settlement, its ancient purpose preserved in national records. The hill may have hosted defenders, traders or families long before written history, their daily lives reduced to a name and a point on a map. It remains a quiet marker of human presence, inviting imagination rather than certain knowledge.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Hill as Fort (prehistoric), Settlement (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Ancrum, Old Ancrum ChurchChurch (medieval), Church (18th Century) · 284 yd
Ancrum, Old Ancrum Church, GraveyardBurial Ground (medieval), Gravestone(s) (18th Century), Hogback Stone (early Medieval) · 291 yd
Broad LawEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 452 yd
AncrumNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 528 yd
Ancrum, Green ViewHouse (19th Century) · 543 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 609 yd
Scaw KnoweMountain / peak · 839 yd
Ancrum, South MyrescroftNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 850 yd
Broom CovertForest · 1.1 mi
Harestanes Countryside Visitor CentreHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Timpendean TowerCultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Earthwork(s) (period Unassigned), Garden (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval), Coin (roman) · 1.6 mi
Lilliard's StoneMemorial · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0