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Balbinny enclosure, located 400 metres east of Balbinny in Angus, is a post-medieval enclosure of modest size and simple construction. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-age formation comprising sandstone with subordinate bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology is typical of the lowland areas of Angus and would have influenced both the landscape's agricultural potential and the practical materials available for building and boundary work during the post-medieval period.
The enclosure represents a phase of landscape organisation and land use that developed after the medieval period, reflecting the intensification of farming practices and pastoral management in this region. Whilst post-medieval enclosures often lack the documentary record or defensive characteristics of earlier monuments, they provide evidence of how communities structured their working lands and adapted their settlements to changing agricultural demands.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6357 as part of the national record of scheduled monuments. This legal protection recognises the enclosure's significance as evidence of historical land use and settlement patterns within Angus, contributing to understanding of how the Scottish landscape was shaped and utilised in the centuries following the medieval period.
Balbinny,enclosure 400m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6357. View the official record →
Balbinny enclosure, located 400 metres east of Balbinny in Angus, is a post-medieval enclosure of modest size and simple construction. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6357.
Balbinny,enclosure 400m E 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.
Balbinny,enclosure 400m E 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 SM6357.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Westerton,standing stone 120m W of (4.6 km), Balgavies Castle (5.2 km), Guthrie Hill,cairn (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Balbinny,enclosure 400m E 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.
Balbinny,enclosure 400m E of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.