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Carslogie House is a house and walls in Fife, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The structure stands upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a geological formation of sandstone and conglomerate laid down during the Late Devonian period. This interbedded stone sequence provided both a stable foundation and local building material readily available to those who constructed the house and its associated walls.
The monument comprises the house itself and the wall structures that define and protect the property. The use of locally quarried Stratheden sandstone and conglomerate in the building reflects common practice in Fife, where the underlying geology shaped construction methods and the character of domestic architecture across centuries. The walls that accompany the house demonstrate the importance of boundary definition and land management in Scottish rural settlement.
Carslogie House represents a significant element of Fife's built heritage, preserved under scheduled monument protection to maintain its archaeological and historical integrity. The combination of the house structure, associated walls, and their relationship to the local Devonian bedrock provides evidence of settlement patterns and building traditions in the region. The site contributes to understanding how communities in medieval and post-medieval Fife adapted their domestic and agricultural practices to the landscape and geology available to them.
Carslogie House, house and walls is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM846. View the official record →
Carslogie House is a house and walls in Fife, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM846.
Carslogie House, house and walls 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 SM846.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ramornie Mill, unenclosed settlement 300m SW of (6.1 km), Balmalcolm Farm, henge 240m NW of (6.5 km), Heatherinch, enclosures W of (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carslogie House, house and walls'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.
Carslogie House, house and walls stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.