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Birrens Hill enclosure and farmstead is a post-medieval agricultural settlement located 750 metres west of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site comprises an enclosed farmstead typical of the early modern period reorganisation of Scottish rural land use, featuring field boundaries and structural remains associated with pastoral and arable farming practices. The enclosure represents the transition from medieval open-field systems to the more formally bounded agricultural holdings that characterised the early modern Scottish countryside. Such sites are valuable in understanding the evolution of settlement patterns and land management in the south-western uplands during this formative period of agricultural intensification.
Birrens Hill, enclosure and farmstead 750m W of Carruthers is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM645. View the official record →
Birrens Hill enclosure and farmstead is a post-medieval agricultural settlement located 750 metres west of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM645.
Birrens Hill, enclosure and farmstead 750m W of Carruthers dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and farmstead 750m w of carruthers. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Birrens Hill, enclosure and farmstead 750m W of Carruthers 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 SM645.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chalkyhill Wood, settlement 320m SW of Cairnhill (6.2 km), Blacket House Tower (6.4 km), Roman camp, 360m SE of East Lodge (6.6 km).
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