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Brackla Farm enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located three hundred metres south-west of Brackla Farm in Nairnshire, Scotland. The monument is situated on bedrock composed of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a formation from the Middle Devonian period comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology is characteristic of the Moray Firth region and would have provided a reasonably firm foundation for the construction of an enclosure during the post-medieval period.
The enclosure represents typical rural land management of the early modern era, when farming communities increasingly formalised their field systems and livestock control through boundary construction. The location south-west of the steading itself suggests this may have been an agricultural working enclosure, possibly for penning stock or managing specific crops, serving the needs of the farm economy.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM5027, recognising its significance as part of the post-medieval agricultural heritage of Nairnshire. Such enclosures contribute to understanding the landscape development and farming practices of rural Scotland during this period.
Brackla Farm,enclosure 300m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5027. View the official record →
Brackla Farm enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located three hundred metres south-west of Brackla Farm in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5027.
Brackla Farm,enclosure 300m SW 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.
Brackla Farm,enclosure 300m SW 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 SM5027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knockanbuie,ring-ditch 550m ESE of (1.3 km), Knockanbuie,enclosure 520m SE of (1.4 km), Castle Findlay,fort (3 km).
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Brackla Farm,enclosure 300m SW of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.