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Back Braes is a post-medieval enclosure located in East Lothian, Scotland, recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under reference SM5748. The site represents agricultural land management practices characteristic of the early modern period, when Scottish lowland estates were increasingly formalised through bounded fields and improved husbandry systems. The enclosure's physical remains reflect the transition from medieval strip farming towards consolidated, enclosed landholdings that became standard across the Lothian region. Such post-medieval enclosures form an important archaeological record of the economic and social reorganisation of the Scottish countryside during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Back Braes,enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5748. View the official record →
Back Braes is a post-medieval enclosure located in East Lothian, Scotland, recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under reference SM5748. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5748.
Back Braes,enclosure dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Back Braes,enclosure 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 SM5748.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crichton Mains,souterrain 1280m E of (6.2 km), Longfaugh,enclosures 200m E of (6.2 km), Longfaugh Fort,Crichton (6.3 km).
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