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Bught Stack field system is a post-medieval agricultural landscape in Roxburghshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument. The field system represents the organised farming practices of the early modern period, when Scottish lowland estates were rearranged and rationalised to improve productivity and establish clearer patterns of land tenure and management.
The monument lies upon bedrock of Silurian to Devonian age, comprising unnamed extrusive rocks formed during the Devonian period. These mafic lavas and tuffs create the underlying geology that would have shaped both the drainage and soil characteristics of the fields, influencing agricultural suitability and the placement of boundary features.
Protected under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM5174, the Bught Stack field system retains important evidence of post-medieval rural organisation and land use. Field systems of this period are significant for understanding the transition from medieval to modern agricultural practice in the Scottish Borders, and the monument's survival contributes to the wider archaeological record of Roxburghshire's landscape history.
Bught Stack,field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5174. View the official record →
Bught Stack field system is a post-medieval agricultural landscape in Roxburghshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5174.
Bught Stack,field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bught Stack,field system 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 SM5174.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle (5 km), Russell's Cairn, cairn (5 km), Huntfold Hill, fort and field system (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bught Stack,field system'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.
Bught Stack,field system stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.