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Chesters Quarry enclosure is a post-medieval field enclosure located in East Lothian, Scotland. The site comprises a distinctive enclosed area that reflects the agricultural reorganisation and landscape management practices characteristic of the early modern period in the Scottish Lowlands. The enclosure's physical form demonstrates the practical methods employed by landowners to demarcate and control access to quarrying operations and surrounding agricultural land during this period of intensified land use and improvement.
Chesters Quarry,enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6023. View the official record →
Chesters Quarry enclosure is a post-medieval field enclosure located in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6023.
Chesters Quarry,enclosure dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Chesters Quarry,enclosure 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 SM6023.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park,fort 900m SSE of (5.9 km), Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of (6.2 km), Longyester,palisaded enclosures and pit alignments 600m SE of (6.5 km).
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