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Burnshot is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, situated 443 metres north-west of a reference point within the historic landscape. The site represents a period of agricultural reorganisation and settlement consolidation that characterised rural Scotland from the 16th century onwards, when communities adapted their landholding and cultivation practices to changing economic and social circumstances.
The monument lies upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era, which provides a foundation of alternating sandstones and shales typical of this geological sequence. This underlying geology has shaped the character of the surrounding landscape and influenced patterns of settlement and land use across the region for centuries.
Burnshot is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's reference SM4011, recognising its significance to understanding the development of post-medieval rural communities in central Scotland. The settlement and associated field patterns preserve evidence of how land was organised and exploited during a transformative period in Scottish agricultural history, offering insight into the everyday working landscape of early modern Linlithgowshire.
Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4011. View the official record →
Burnshot is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, situated 443 metres north-west of a reference point within the historic landscape.
Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement & field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW 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 SM4011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Union Canal, River Almond to River Avon (5 km), Peace Knowe,fort (6.1 km), Broomy Knowes, cairn S of (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW 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.
Burnshot,settlement & field system 443m NW of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.