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Broats is a post-medieval enclosure located 250 metres north of Broats in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The monument consists of an enclosed area created during the early modern period, when such field divisions and stock containment became increasingly common across the Scottish landscape. The enclosure reflects the agricultural practices of rural Dumfriesshire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, a time of gradual intensification in pastoral farming and the reorganisation of land use.
The site sits upon Triassic sandstone and conglomerate bedrock, which outcrops across much of south-western Scotland. This geology provided the raw material for any stone structures or boundary walls that form part of the enclosure, and the naturally stable foundation offered suitable ground for pastoral activities. The undifferentiated Triassic rocks characterising this terrain shaped the local building traditions and land management practices of the period.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4087, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement and resource management in Dumfriesshire. Such enclosures provide valuable insight into the transition from medieval open-field systems towards the enclosed, more intensive farming practices that would become widespread in later centuries.
Broats, enclosure 250m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4087. View the official record →
Broats is a post-medieval enclosure located 250 metres north of Broats in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4087.
Broats, enclosure 250m N 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.
Broats, enclosure 250m N 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 SM4087.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eastriggs former munitions factory, glycerine distillery and acids production area, gun-cotton section and nitro-glycerine hill, 600m SSW, 700m SE and 2050m ESE of Rosslea (4.8 km), Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Havens (6.9 km), Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broats, enclosure 250m N of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Broats, enclosure 250m N of stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.