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Barns, Enclosure 300m W of is a post-medieval enclosure situated in Kincardineshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The monument lies on bedrock of the Argyll Group, a sequence of metamorphic rocks—psammite, semipelite and pelite—formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This ancient geology underlies much of the local landscape and has shaped the settlement patterns and land use of the region throughout history.
The enclosure dates from the period following the medieval era, when such structures were commonly constructed to manage agricultural land and livestock. Its survival in the archaeological record provides evidence of post-medieval farming practices and land organisation in Kincardineshire. The monument's location 300 metres west of the named settlement of Barns situates it within the wider agricultural hinterland that would have supported the community.
The enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6086, recognising its historical significance to understanding rural settlement and land management in early modern Scotland. Such enclosures represent an important phase in the evolution of the Scottish landscape, marking the transition from earlier open-field systems towards more formally defined agricultural boundaries.
Barns,enclosure 300m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6086. View the official record →
Barns, Enclosure 300m W of is a post-medieval enclosure situated in Kincardineshire, in the northeast of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6086.
Barns,enclosure 300m W 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.
Barns,enclosure 300m W 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 SM6086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnshee,field system & farmstead 700m WSW of (0.8 km), Cairnshee Wood,cairn 750m SSW of Cairnshee (1 km), Cairnfauld, stone circle 120m NNE of (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Barns,enclosure 300m W 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.
Barns,enclosure 300m W of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.