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Bowhouse is a post-medieval circular enclosure located near Polmont in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The monument survives as a distinctive earthwork formed within the undulating landscape of the Scottish Coal Measures, where bedrock of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone underlies the site. The circular form suggests a functional purpose typical of early modern agricultural or industrial activity in this region, though its precise original use remains to be fully understood. The enclosure's preservation on ground underlain by Coal Measures deposits—strata that include ironstone and coal seams—reflects the industrial heritage of central Scotland, where such resources were extensively exploited from the medieval period onwards.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM2207, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval land use and settlement. The circular earthwork form represents a survival of early modern field management or possibly industrial or domestic infrastructure adapted to the local topography and available resources of Stirlingshire.
Bowhouse,circular enclosure,Polmont is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2207. View the official record →
Bowhouse is a post-medieval circular enclosure located near Polmont in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2207.
Bowhouse,circular enclosure,Polmont dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a circular enclosure,polmont. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bowhouse,circular enclosure,Polmont 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 SM2207.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackbraes,coke ovens,Muiravonside (4.5 km), Newparks,lime kilns 120m NNE of (5.4 km), Torphichen Bridge, mill, lade & trackway 200m NE of (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bowhouse,circular enclosure,Polmont'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.
Bowhouse,circular enclosure,Polmont stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.