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Burnbrae is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 270 metres west of Burnbrae itself. The monument consists of a rectangular or sub-rectangular enclosed area typical of farming settlement patterns from the sixteenth century onwards, when such defined field and yard boundaries became increasingly common across the Scottish Lowlands.
The site rests upon Triassic bedrock comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate, geological formations laid down approximately 250 million years ago when this region lay beneath ancient desert environments. This underlying geology would have influenced both the drainage characteristics of the enclosure and the availability of building stone for construction, as the weathered sandstone and conglomerate naturally occurring in the local landscape could be readily quarried for walls and other structures.
The enclosure is scheduled for protection by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12189, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval agricultural organisation and land tenure in the region. Such monuments contribute to our understanding of how communities managed their land and resources during the early modern period, before the wholesale landscape changes brought by eighteenth and nineteenth-century agricultural improvement.
Burnbrae, enclosure 270m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12189. View the official record →
Burnbrae is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 270 metres west of Burnbrae itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12189.
Burnbrae, enclosure 270m W 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.
Burnbrae, enclosure 270m W 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 SM12189.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall north of Kirkland House, Port Carlisle in wall mile 78 (4.3 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the access road to Glendale caravan park and the track south of Kirkland House in wall miles 77 and 78 (4.7 km), Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled railway and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall mile 77 (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burnbrae, enclosure 270m W of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Burnbrae, enclosure 270m W of stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.