What is recorded here
Blackcastle rings the Scottish Borders with concentric earthworks built by Iron Age hands, marking the site as a fortified stronghold rather than a passing camp. Those repeated ramparts and ditches suggest a community proud enough to invest labour in defending its own ground. The exact dates remain open to interpretation, but the shape of the work is clear: people lived there, watched the horizon and believed the boundary mattered.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackcastle as Cultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. 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
BlackadderRig and Furrow (medieval) · 344 yd
Blackcastle RingsPromontory Fort (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 671 yd
Greenlaw MoorBrickworks (18th Century), Enclosure (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval)(possible) · 1434 yd
Fangrist BurnFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1435 yd
Halliburton FarmMill Pond (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.9 mi
WS Happer Memorial ParkMemorial · 2.1 mi
Hexpath Picnic SiteVisitor information · 2.1 mi
Hare LawMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Evelaw TowerTower House (16th Century) · 3.2 mi
Westruther, Edgar RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.6 mi
Lees HillMountain / peak · 3.8 mi