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.
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 LocationDescription Ref NoImage White Meldon Peebles Prehistoric hill fort Old Bonkyl Kirk Bunkle and Preston Remains, especially the apse, of late medieval parish church St Helen's Kirk, Cockburnspath Cockburnspath Ruined Norman church Coldingham Priory cloisters Coldingham Remains of medieval cloisters Hume Castle Hume Late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte Drochil Castle Newlands Large unfinished ruined castle Northshield Rings Eddleston Prehistoric hill fort Yarrow Stone Yarrow Inscribed stone Kirkhope Tower Kirkhope Tower and barmkin Newark Castle Selkirk Large, ruined tower house in grounds of Bowhill House Bonkyll Castle Bunkle and Preston Traces of medieval fortress Milkieston Rings Eddleston Prehistoric hill fort Torwoodlee Broch Caddonfoot Prehistoric broch Black Meldon Peebles Prehistoric hill fort Stow Old Bridge Stow Old bridge Fatlips Castle Minto Renovated Pele tower Dreva Craig Stobo Prehistoric hill fort Soutra Aisle Fala Remains of a medieval hospital including a rebuilt portion of the associated church Old Thirlestane Castle Lauder Remains of 13th- to 15th-century castle Blanerne Castle Bunkle and Preston Remains of a 16th-century fortified residence Fast Castle Coldingham Ruined remains of coastal fortress Dryhope Tower Yarrow Remains of a medieval tower house Horsburgh Castle Innerleithen Remains of late medieval tower-house Torwoodlee Tower Caddonfoot Remains of 17th-century tower-house Jedburgh Abbey Jedburgh Augustinian Abbey founded as a priory around 1138 Greenknowe Tower Gordon Remains of L-plan tower-house Dryburgh Abbey Dryburgh Ruined 12th-century abbey Edin's Hall Broch Duns Prehistoric fort, broch and settlement Foulden Old Tithe Barn Foulden 18th-century tithe barn Hermitage Castle Castleton Semi-ruined castle Edrom Church Norman doorway Edrom Norman doorway to burial vault Kelso Abbey Kelso 12th-century Tironesian abbey Melrose Abbey Melrose Ruined 14th- and 15th-century abbey Wallace's Tower Roxburgh 16th century tower house.
See also List of Category A listed buildings in the Scottish Borders
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