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Brownsbank Enclosure is a post-medieval field boundary system situated approximately 300 metres south-east of Stirkfield Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site comprises earthwork remains characteristic of early modern agricultural organisation, reflecting the period of systematic land division and enclosure that became prevalent across Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards. The enclosure takes the form of linear banks and associated ditches marking former field boundaries, typical of the landscape improvements undertaken during the post-medieval period. Such features represent the transition from open field systems to enclosed, individually managed holdings, a process that substantially reshaped the rural character of central Scotland during this era.
Brownsbank,enclosure 300m SE of Stirkfield Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4109. View the official record →
Brownsbank Enclosure is a post-medieval field boundary system situated approximately 300 metres south-east of Stirkfield Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4109.
Brownsbank,enclosure 300m SE of Stirkfield Farm dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 300m se of stirkfield farm. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Brownsbank,enclosure 300m SE of Stirkfield Farm 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 SM4109.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenholm Church (9.3 km), Cardon,settlement 650m SW of (9.3 km), Glenholm,homestead 420m ESE of (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Brownsbank,enclosure 300m SE of Stirkfield Farm'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.
Brownsbank,enclosure 300m SE of Stirkfield Farm stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.