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Arnbathie is a post-medieval fermtoun and associated enclosures situated in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The settlement represents the scattered agricultural pattern typical of upland farming communities during the early modern period, when small tenant farms operated across the Highlands and Islands. The monument comprises the remains of domestic and agricultural structures arranged within a framework of field boundaries, reflecting the subsistence farming economy of its time.
The site rests upon bedrock of Silurian to Devonian age, composed of extrusive mafic rocks formed during the Devonian period. These volcanic deposits of lava and tuff, characteristic of the ancient geological formations underlying much of central Perthshire, would have influenced the soil quality and drainage patterns available to the fermtoun's inhabitants. Such challenging terrain shaped the scale and layout of post-medieval farming settlements across the region.
The enclosures surrounding Arnbathie fermtoun demonstrate how communities organised their agricultural land to manage livestock and crops within the constraints of upland Perthshire. The physical remains preserve evidence of the working landscape that sustained these farming families before the significant agricultural and social changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries transformed the Scottish Highlands. The monument stands as a tangible record of rural settlement patterns now largely vanished from the landscape.
Arnbathie, fermtoun and enclosures NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6709. View the official record →
Arnbathie is a post-medieval fermtoun and associated enclosures situated in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6709.
Arnbathie, fermtoun and enclosures NE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a fermtoun and enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Arnbathie, fermtoun and enclosures NE 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 SM6709.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moredun Hall, tower-house remains (7.4 km), Rhynd,old parish church 250m SW of Easter Rhynd (7.5 km), Moated settlement 414m SW of Mains of Kinmonth (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Arnbathie, fermtoun and enclosures NE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Arnbathie, fermtoun and enclosures NE of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.