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Brotherstone enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located approximately 500 metres north-east of Brotherstone in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The enclosure dates to the post-medieval period and represents the agricultural land use patterns characteristic of early modern rural Scotland. The site survives as an earthwork feature, preserving evidence of the field boundaries and farming practices of its era. Like many post-medieval enclosures in the Borders region, it reflects the gradual intensification and reorganisation of agricultural land management that occurred following the medieval period.
Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4643. View the official record →
Brotherstone enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located approximately 500 metres north-east of Brotherstone in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4643.
Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE 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.
Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE 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 SM4643.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Smailholm Tower, tower, buildings and enclosures (2.2 km), Sandyknowe,earthwork SW of (2.4 km), Old Melrose, St Cuthbert's Chapel & monastery site (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE 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.
Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.