[1] Excavations to the north of Innerwick, at Dryburn Bridge, in 1978 and 1979 found a multi-period site dating from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age.

The site was discovered in 1974 through aerial photography and was excavated as a result of the threat posed by limestone quarrying in the area.

Alongside nearby Thornton Castle, which belonged to Lord Home, it was destroyed by the invading forces of the Duke of Somerset before the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, during the Rough Wooing.

However the charter gave the Maxwells the right to place their burgh anywhere, and so they chose the site of the present village.

The community looked after itself and even created the Innerwick Funeral Society, whose main purpose was to provide funds to ensure the proper burial of any member.

The village has several listed buildings: Just to the South of Innerwick is a scheduled monument, Braidwood hillfort.

[16] This fortified settlement is situated on the rounded summit of Camp Hill and has been surveyed and excavated multiple times.