Dumfries and Galloway 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 8238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

Notable Scheduled Monuments in Dumfries and Galloway

Name Location Description Ref No Image
Little Hartfell Stone Circle Hutton And Corrie Remains of Neolithic/Bronze Age stone circle SM636
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle Holywood Prehistoric stone circle SM641
Burnswark Hill Hoddom Traces of fort and Roman camps SM667
Auchen Castle Moffat Remains of Auchen Castle SM683
Crichton Peel and Sanquhar Castle Sanquhar Ruined castle SM687
Mote of Annan Annan Traces of 12th-century motte and bailey castle SM702
Repentance Tower Hoddom Remains of an intact, roofed 17th-century watchtower SM706
Tibbers Castle Penpont Remains of motte-and-bailey castle SM711
Dumfries Old Bridge (Devorgilla Bridge) Dumfries Rebuilt 15th century bridge SM715
Cairnderry chambered cairn Minnigaff Remains of cairn SM1007
Glenquicken stone circle (Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle) Kirkmabreck Remains of prehistoric stone circle SM1023
High Banks Farm, cup and ring marks Kirkcudbright Cup and ring marked rocks SM1028
Trusty's Hill Anwoth Fort and symbol stones SM1100
Buittle Old Kirk Buittle Ruined church SM1108
Buittle Castle Buittle Remains of medieval Balliol castle SM1115
Castle Haven dun Borgue Restored dun SM1116
Earlstoun Castle St John's Town of Dalry Tower house SM1118
Plunton Castle Borgue 16th-century tower house SM1129
Doon Castle Broch Stoneykirk, Rhins of Galloway Remains of an iron-age broch (fortified roundhouse) SM1970
Portpatrick old parish kirk Portpatrick Roofless church with round tower SM2008
Dunskey Castle Portpatrick Ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house SM2017
Galdenoch Castle Leswalt Ruined tower-house SM2018
Old Tower of Sorbie Sorbie Ruined 16th-century tower-house SM2024
Kirkcudbright Castle (MacLellan's Castle) Kirkcudbright Ruined 16th century castle SM2459
Cruggleton Castle Sorbie Remains of medieval castle SM3811
Edingham Castle Dalbeattie Ruined tower-house SM6412
Soulseat Abbey Inch, Wigtownshire Mound and gravestones marking site of abbey on promontary in Soulseat Loch SM7426
Kenmure Castle Kells Ruined 16th- and 17th-century courtyard house of the Gordons of Lochinvar SM7743
Girthon Old Kirk Girthon Roofless 17th-century church SM7868
Cumstoun Castle Twynholm Remains of 16th-century castle SM8263
Dalton Old Parish Church Dalton Remains of Dalton old parish church SM8676
Auchenskeock Castle Colvend and Southwick, near Dalbeattie 17th-century tower house SM10434
Whithorn Priory Whithorn Rremains of a large early historic monastic settlement SM12992
Barsalloch Fort Mochrum Traces of prehistoric fort SM90030
Caerlaverock Castles (Old and New) Caerlaverock Ruined castles SM90046
Cairn Holy I Kirkmabreck Chambered cairn SM90049
Cairn Holy II Kirkmabreck Chambered cairn SM90050
Cardoness Castle Anwoth Ruined tower house SM90058
Carsluith Castle Kirkmabreck Ruined L-plan tower-house SM90062
Drumcoltran Tower Kirkgunzeon 16th century tower-house SM90100
Drumtroddan cup markings Mochrum Cup and ring-marked rocks SM90101
Drumtroddan standing stones Mochrum 3 standing stones SM90102
Dundrennan Abbey Dundrennan Ruined 12th-century abbey SM90114
Glenluce Abbey Old Luce Ruined 12th century Cistercian abbey SM90153
Kirkmadrine Church Stoneykirk Old parish church of Kirkmadrine and early gravestones SM90192
Lincluden Collegiate Church Terregles, near Dumfries Remains of a Collegiate Church SM90200
Lochmaben Castle Lochmaben Ruined 13th/14th-century peel and castle SM90205
Orchardton Tower Buittle Remains of late 15th-century circular tower house SM90233
Rispain Camp Whithorn Earthworks of late Iron Age fort SM90248
Sweetheart Abbey New Abbey Remains of 13th-century Cistercian Abbey SM90293
Threave Castle Balmaghie Remains of 14th century tower-house SM90301
Torhouse Stone Circle Wigtown Prehistoric stone circle SM90304
Wren's Egg Glasserton, Wigtownshire Standing stones SM90316

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References

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