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Blacketlees Cottages is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 75 metres south-south-west of the cottages from which it takes its name. The monument represents the field systems and land divisions associated with settlement during the early modern period, when such enclosed plots served both practical agricultural and territorial purposes for rural communities.
The enclosure lies upon Permian bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, typical of the geological deposits underlying much of the surrounding lowland landscape. These sedimentary rocks, formed during the Permian period, weather to provide moderately fertile soils that have supported farming activity for centuries. The underlying geology influenced both the suitability of the land for cultivation and the character of the local building materials available to residents.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM12027, recognising its significance in understanding the post-medieval development of Dumfriesshire's rural settlement patterns and agricultural organisation. The survival of such enclosures, even where associated structures have been lost or modified, provides valuable archaeological evidence of how communities structured and managed their land during this formative period of Scottish rural history.
Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12027. View the official record →
Blacketlees Cottages is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 75 metres south-south-west of the cottages from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12027.
Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW 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.
Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW 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 SM12027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Roman fort and associated civil settlement and a medieval tower house at Bowness on Solway at the west end of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 80 (7 km), Biglands House (milefortlet 1) and associated parallel ditches, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast (7.2 km), Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW of stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.