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Castle Hill is a post-medieval enclosure located 260 metres south-east of East Barnaigh in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of Dinantian extrusive rocks formed during the Mississippian period, comprising mafic lava and tuff that underlie this part of south-western Scotland. This geological foundation provides the underlying structure of the local landscape, which would have influenced settlement patterns and land use in the post-medieval period.
The enclosure represents a phase of agricultural improvement and land organisation that characterised rural Renfrewshire from the sixteenth century onwards. Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically mark the boundaries of cultivated ground, pastoral management areas, or the defined limits of settlement, reflecting both economic activity and social hierarchy during a period of significant change in Scottish land tenure and farming practice.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference number SM12863, recognising its importance to understanding the development of the Renfrewshire landscape during the post-medieval period. The survival of such earthwork enclosures provides valuable evidence of how communities organised and exploited their environment during the centuries following the medieval period.
Castle Hill, enclosure 260m SE of East Barnaigh is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12863. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a post-medieval enclosure located 260 metres south-east of East Barnaigh in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12863.
Castle Hill, enclosure 260m SE of East Barnaigh dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 260m se of east barnaigh. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castle Hill, enclosure 260m SE of East Barnaigh 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 SM12863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marshall Moor, fort 780m NW of Bower (0.5 km), Knockmade Hill, homestead (2.2 km), Castle Hill, motte, Bridge of Weir (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Castle Hill, enclosure 260m SE of East Barnaigh'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.
Castle Hill, enclosure 260m SE of East Barnaigh stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.