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Balbridie enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 300 metres south of Balbridie in Kincardineshire, in the north-east of Scotland. The monument consists of a substantial enclosure, typical of early modern agricultural or defensive organisation, dating from after the sixteenth century. It occupies ground underlain by metamorphic bedrock of the Argyll Group, formed during the Neoproterozoic era some 800 million years ago, comprising interbanded psammite, semipelite and pelite which give the local landscape its distinctive grey-green character.
The enclosure's exact function—whether for stock management, settlement protection or estate demarcation—reflects the practical needs of the locality during the post-medieval period, when such defined boundaries became increasingly important in rural Scotland. Its preservation as an earthwork demonstrates how the underlying geology and soils of Kincardineshire have allowed such features to survive as visible landscape elements.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM6082, ensuring its preservation as an important record of post-medieval settlement and land use in the region.
Balbridie,enclosure 300m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6082. View the official record →
Balbridie enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 300 metres south of Balbridie in Kincardineshire, in the north-east of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6082.
Balbridie,enclosure 300m 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.
Balbridie,enclosure 300m 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 SM6082.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnshee,field system & farmstead 700m WSW of (1.2 km), Cairnshee Wood,cairn 750m SSW of Cairnshee (1.7 km), Cairnfauld, stone circle 120m NNE of (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Balbridie,enclosure 300m 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.
Balbridie,enclosure 300m S of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.