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Bleachfield is a post-medieval settlement and enclosure in Berwickshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises an enclosure with an associated pit alignment, comprising two linear arrangements of pits positioned 160 metres and 460 metres to the west. The monument's location on bedrock of the Reston Group—Early Devonian conglomerate and sandstone interbedded with subordinate strata—provides a foundation of relatively resistant stone typical of the Borders landscape. The pit alignments are characteristic features of post-medieval rural settlement patterns in southeast Scotland, often associated with drainage, land division, or quarrying activities related to agricultural management and domestic occupation.
Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12508. View the official record →
Bleachfield is a post-medieval settlement and enclosure in Berwickshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12508.
Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m W of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m 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 SM12508.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Habchester,fort 1100m ESE of Bastleridge (3.2 km), No 9 Kirkbanny, settlement 360m W of (4 km), Hilltops, settlement 530m N of (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m 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.
Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m W of stands on Reston Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate and [subequal/subordinate] sandstone, interbedded.