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Cheynehill Wood Enclosures and Field Systems is a post-medieval agricultural monument located 750 metres north of Hillhead in Kincardineshire. The site lies within a landscape underlain by Southern Highland Group bedrock, a formation of psammite and pelite dating from the Middle Cambrian period, which has shaped the terrain and soil conditions across this part of north-east Scotland.
The monument comprises a complex of field enclosures and associated field systems that reflect the organised farming practices of the post-medieval period in this region. Such monuments typically represent the intensification and rationalisation of agricultural land use following the medieval period, when land was subdivided and managed according to developing farming methods and property boundaries.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM4917, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of how rural communities exploited and organised the landscape around Hillhead during the early modern centuries.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4917. View the official record →
Cheynehill Wood Enclosures and Field Systems is a post-medieval agricultural monument located 750 metres north of Hillhead in Kincardineshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4917.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures & field ststems 750m n of hillhead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead 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 SM4917.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks 450m W of Ury House (1.7 km), Unenclosed settlement, 250m NW of cemetery, Kirkton of Fetteresso (2.2 km), Cowie Line, pill boxes & anti-tank blocks 200m SW-275m SE of Ury House (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.