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The enclosure 265 metres south of 8 Eweford Cottages is a post-medieval field boundary structure situated in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument consists of earthwork remains marking an enclosed area, dating from the period after 1600 when agricultural improvements and land reorganisation across the Lothians intensified. Such enclosures typically represent the consolidation of farming practices and estate management during this era.
The site lies on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that shapes much of the underlying geology of East Lothian. This stone-rich base would have provided ready material for boundary construction and maintenance, as farmers worked the landscape they occupied.
The enclosure is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5834, recognising its significance in understanding post-medieval rural settlement and land use in East Lothian. The survival of such field monuments contributes to the archaeological record of agricultural development across the region during the early modern period.
8 Eweford Cottages, enclosure 265m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5834. View the official record →
The enclosure 265 metres south of 8 Eweford Cottages is a post-medieval field boundary structure situated in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5834.
8 Eweford Cottages, enclosure 265m S of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
8 Eweford Cottages, enclosure 265m S of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5834.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Spott Mill,promontory fort (3.2 km), The Chesters,fort,Spott (3.4 km), Bell Craig, fort 1100m WNW of The Brunt (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 8 Eweford Cottages, enclosure 265m S of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
8 Eweford Cottages, enclosure 265m S of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.