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Ash Keys is a post-medieval enclosure and possible moated homestead located in Perthshire, Scotland. The site sits on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, geology typical of this region of central Scotland. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9540.
The enclosure represents a form of rural settlement organisation common across Lowland Scotland from the medieval period onwards. The possible moat suggests an attempt to establish some defensive or symbolic boundary around the homestead, a feature occasionally found in post-medieval Scottish farmsteads where water management and status both played a role in site planning.
The monument survives as earthworks in the modern landscape, preserving evidence of the way ordinary families organised their domestic and agricultural space in the centuries following the medieval period. Such enclosures, often modest in scale and simple in design, reveal much about rural life and land use patterns in Perthshire during the early modern era.
Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9540. View the official record →
Ash Keys is a post-medieval enclosure and possible moated homestead located in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9540.
Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and possible moated homestead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW 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 SM9540.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thorn, fort 70m NE of (2.6 km), Lochie, enclosure 350m SE of (3.1 km), Ogle Hill,fort (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW 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.
Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.