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Barnweill Homestead Moat is a medieval moated enclosure located in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site consists of a substantial ditch forming a roughly rectangular defensive perimeter that once surrounded a residential structure, typical of the fortified farmsteads constructed by minor landholders during the medieval period. The moat represents a modest form of domestic fortification common in lowland Scotland from the thirteenth century onwards, providing both practical defence and a visual assertion of status. The earthwork survives as a prominent landscape feature, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the economic organisation of rural Ayrshire.
Barnweill,homestead moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2192. View the official record →
Barnweill Homestead Moat is a medieval moated enclosure located in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2192.
Barnweill,homestead moat 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 SM2192.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barnweill Church (0.3 km), Craigie Castle (1.6 km), Motte, Helenton Mote (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Barnweill,homestead moat'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.
Barnweill,homestead moat stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.