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Bankfoot is a post-medieval monument comprising three enclosures situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Stewartry Group, a formation of sandstone, breccia and conglomerate laid down during the Early Permian period, which would have provided both building stone and a firm foundation for the enclosure boundaries. The three distinct enclosures suggest a planned arrangement typical of post-medieval agricultural or pastoral management, when such compartmentalised land divisions became increasingly common across lowland Scotland. The arrangement may have served to separate different classes of livestock or to organise cultivation, reflecting the farming practices and land tenure patterns of the early modern period in the Scottish borders region. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM4069, recognising its significance to the understanding of post-medieval settlement and land use in this part of southwest Scotland.
Bankfoot,three enclosures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4069. View the official record →
Bankfoot is a post-medieval monument comprising three enclosures situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4069.
Bankfoot,three enclosures dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a three enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bankfoot,three enclosures 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 SM4069.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bankfoot,Roman camps & forts,Dalswinton (0.4 km), Kilroy,enclosures E and NE of (2 km), West Gallaberry,Roman camp & native promontory settlement (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bankfoot,three enclosures'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.
Bankfoot,three enclosures stands on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.