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Cairnshee enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, metamorphic rocks of Neoproterozoic age composed of psammite, semipelite and pelite, which weather to form the rolling upland terrain characteristic of this region. The enclosure represents the agricultural organization of the landscape during the early modern period, when Kincardineshire's farming communities were increasingly defining and managing their land through physical boundaries.
The monument is situated approximately 440 metres south-west of Cairnshee itself and survives as an upstanding earthwork. Its form and construction are typical of post-medieval Scottish field enclosures, when improved agricultural practices and clearer land ownership drove the creation of formal divisions across the countryside. Such enclosures frequently enclosed arable ground, pasture or mixed-use land adjacent to farmsteads.
Cairnshee enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's reference SM6085, recognizing its importance in understanding the development of early modern land use and farming practice in north-east Scotland. The survival of its earthwork provides valuable evidence of the physical infrastructure that shaped Kincardineshire's landscape during this transformative period of agricultural change.
Cairnshee,enclosure 440m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6085. View the official record →
Cairnshee enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6085.
Cairnshee,enclosure 440m SW 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.
Cairnshee,enclosure 440m SW 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 SM6085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnshee,field system & farmstead 700m WSW of (0.3 km), Cairnshee Wood,cairn 750m SSW of Cairnshee (0.5 km), Cairnfauld, stone circle 120m NNE of (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cairnshee,enclosure 440m SW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cairnshee,enclosure 440m SW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.